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Parkin, Tommy (1910-1939)

Parkin, Tommy

Kendal, Cumbria; carver (c.1910-1939)

Started as an apprentice carver at Arthur Simpson's The Handicrafts, Kendal, before the First World War and remained there up to about 1939.

He was recorded as carver, with T. Dixon, of a corner bracket of carved oak, price £3 10s, which was exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, London (cat. no. 435).

Source: Wright, The Beautiful Furniture of The Simpsons of Kendall (2011).