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Allford, Edward, London, cm and u (1829–39). Addresses at 2 Mount Row, Kent Rd in 1829 and 5 Stafford Row, Pimlico in 1839. [D]

Baldock, Edward Holmes

Hanway St, London; furniture dealer, restorer, etc. (b. 1777–d. 1845)

Benson, W. A. S.

London; metalwork designer & manufacturer (b.1854-d.1924)

Betjemann, G. & Sons; George Betjemann Ltd.

London; dressing and writing furniture makers (fl.1810-c.1910)

Binns, Edward, Mount St, Grosvenor Sq., London, cm, u and appraiser (1791–1820). Recorded at 1 Burden St with shop at Mount St in 1791; 99 Mount St, 1803–11; and no. 102, 1810–20.

Blackwell, William, London, cm (1790). On 5 October 1790 received payment of £65 17s 6½d for mahogany tables and chairs supplied to Mount Stewart, N. Ireland. [Mount Stewart papers]

Bran(d)t, Charles

London; carver and gilder (fl.1814–45)

Bullock, George

Birmingham, Liverpool and London; sculptor, cabinet maker and designer (d.1818)

Burnell, C. & Fox, John, London, cm, upholders, appraisers and undertakers, successors to William Lamb (1809–25). Trading at 9–10 Jewin St, Cripplegate, 1809–19; and 46–47 Newgate St, 1820–25.

Bywater, John, Grosvenor St, Bond St, London, cm and u to His Majesty (1803–39). Recorded at 70 Lower Grosvenor St, 1812–39; as Bywater & Goodbarne at no. 10 in 1835, and no. 70, 1836–37; and as Bywater & Co. at no. 70, 1829–39.

Channon, John

109 St Martin's Lane, London; cabinet maker (b. 1711–d. c. 1783)

Coade, Eleanor and her successors, London (1769–c. 1840). Eleanor Coade (b. 1733–d. 1821) made an artificial stone at Narrow Wall, Lambeth, which so successfully imitated natural limestone that it has been mistaken for it ever since.

Cobb, John

72 St Martin's Lane, London; upholder and cabinet maker (b.c. 1715– 78)

Columbani, Placido, 33 Dorset St, Portman Sq., London, carver and gilder (1795). Supplied two gilt frames, one new, for 11s to Lord Howard of Audley End.

Crow, Robert, London, u (1784–1820). Not shown in any of the directories. On 10 December 1784 paid £18 14s 7d in connection with work at Mount Stewart, Ulster, Ireland. In 1820 working on the furnishing of Wynyard Park, Co.

Curran, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1804–35). At 4 Little Harford St, Mount Pleasant in 1804 and Carver Ct, 28 Stanley St in 1835. [D]

Dadd, Robert, 15 Suffolk St, Pall Mall East, London, French gilder, water gilder (1838–40). Trade label in the Windsor Royal Archives states that he was ‘Successor to A. PICNOT, French Gilder, Clock Case Maker & Bronzist’.

Daniel, William, London, u (1785). Carried out upholstery work at Mount Stewart, N. Ireland, receiving £6 13s 5d on 5 February 1785. [Mount Stewart papers, D654/41/1, p. 72]

Dodd, Edward, Hanover Sq., London, upholder (1734). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 5 April 1734 for £500 on goods in a dwelling house in Mount St. [GL, Sun MS vol. 38, ref. 63390]

Dowbiggin(g) (or Dowbiggen), Thomas

Mount St, London; cabinet maker and upholder (b. 1788–d. 1854)

Drakeford, John & Price, Richard F., Birmingham (1815–21). Signed and dated a leather-covered pinewood work or jewellery box with stamped gilt metal mounts. [Apollo, April 1961, p. 100, illus.]

Dudley, Nathaniel, Birmingham, cm (1761–81). Addresses given at 1 New Meeting St, 1767–70; 69 High St, 1773–77; and 8 New St, 1780–81. Took app. named Mase in 1761.

Dutton, G. M., address unrecorded, cm. Two-drawer commode with ormolu mounts, c. 1750–75, in Royal Collection is signed ‘G. M. DUTTON’. [V & A archives]

Edmonds, —, address unrecorded, ‘inventor’ (1744). Notice in Daily Advertiser, 23 April 1744 concerned the sale ‘by Order of the Creditors of Mr.

Elward, George & Marsh, William