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Bijar, Robert and Mary
Dublin, Ireland; japanners and wallpaper sellers (fl.1742-69)
Robert Bijar was recorded in Abbey Street, 1742-9, where he died in 1749. He was succeeded by his widow, Mary.
Bradshaw, Isaac
Campbell, Robert
London; upholder and cabinet maker (fl.1754–93)
Casbert, John, address unknown, u (1660–76). Supplied furnishings for royal palaces during the reign of Charles II on a very extensive scale.
Chew, William
12 Lord St, Liverpool, Lancs.; upholder and cabinet maker (b. 1784–d. 1824)
Cooper, John, Boston, Lincs., cm and u (1786–87). In December 1786 he announced that he had just opened his business after a period in the trade in London.
Davis, John
Dublin, Ireland; upholder, cabinet maker and auctioneer (fl. 1779-1813)
Recorded at 62 South Great George Street, 1779-89; 60 South Great George Street, 1790-1813.
Elliott, Charles; Davis & Elliott; Elliott Son & Francis; Elliott & Francis
France, William snr
Gilney, Christopher, Castle Ditches, Norwich, cm (1793–1806). First recorded in 1793 as a subscriber to Sheraton's Drawing Book.
Goff & Gull(e)y
Exeter, Devon; cabinet maker (fl. c. 1790)
Gordon, John and Taitt, John and Richard
Harris, John, 40 Crawford St, London, upholder and undertaker (1817–21). Presumably the u of 40 Crawford St whose lease and stock were sold on 17 July 1821 by Edward Foster of 14 Greek St.
Linnell, John
London; cabinet maker, upholder and carver (b.1729–d. 1796)
Lurton, Thomas
Liverpool, Lancashire; upholsterer (fl.1803–11)
Morley, David jnr
Carmarthen, Wales; cabinet maker (d.1837)
Morris, John, at ‘The Lion & Crown’, Fleet Ditch, London, u (1717–18). Provided the Duke of Montrose's Bond St House with ‘4 Mounted beds: 1 green mohair lined with Green Satin. 1 light green complet lined with a striped Satin.
Morton, Richard, Worcester, cm, u and undertaker (1768–1817). Recorded at Mealcheapen St in 1788 and 21 Broad St, 1794–98. Listed as Surveyor to the County, 1794. App. to William Reding, joiner, carpenter and cm, and admitted freeman on 20 June 1768.
Munns, Richard
Mutton, Henry, All Saints’ Passage, Cambridge, carver, gilder and printseller (1839–41). Trade card gives address at no. 4, and reads: ‘Rose, Maple, Satin & other woods in great Variety.
Newton, James
Wardour St, London; upholsterer, cabinet maker, decorator, appraiser, agent, undertaker (b.1760-d.1829)
Nickson, Samuel, Bridge St Row, Chester, cm and u (1802–27). Listed also at Commercial Buildings in 1816. Free 3 July 1802. Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.
Presswell, William snr, Exeter, Devon, cm (1816–33). At Sidwell St in 1816 but by 1822 had moved to 188 Fore St, an address that he was to continue to occupy until his retirement in 1833. In December 1829 his daughter Sarah married R.
Radford, John, near the Exe-Bridge, Tiverton, Devon, u, cm and chair manufacturer (1815–38). Recorded at Angel Hill in 1838.
Ravald & Morland, London, upholders and cm (1779–93). Recorded at 13 Prince's St, Soho, 1780–93.