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Cobb, John (c. 1715–1778), cabinet-maker and upholsterer
Geoffrey Beard
Cobb, John (c. 1715–1778), cabinet-maker and upholsterer, is presumably the person of that name put as apprentice in 1729 to Tim Money, a Norwich upholsterer (Boyd MSS). The Norfolk connection is feasible on account of Cobb's bequeathing in 1778 the interest realized on ...
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Ercolani, Lucian Randolph (1888–1976), furniture designer and manufacturer
Anita McConnell
Ercolani, Lucian Randolph (1888–1976), furniture designer and manufacturer, was born on 8 May 1888 at Sant' Angelo in Vado, in the Marche, Italy, the eldest son of Abdon Ercolani, a picture framer, and his wife, a dressmaker. He was left in the care of his grandmother when his parents moved to ...
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Gillow family (per. c. 1730–c. 1830), cabinet-makers and upholsterers
Susan E. Stuart
Gillow family (per. c. 1730–c. 1830), cabinet-makers and upholsterers, came to prominence with Richard [ii] Gillow (1733–1811), the son of Robert [i] Gillow 1702/3–1772 [see below], the founder of the firm. Gillows's reputation as one of the leading British cabinet-making firms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations. The business was established about 1728; in 1813 probably for both economic and social reasons, the ...
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Goodison, Benjamin (c. 1700–1767), cabinet-maker and undertaker
Tessa Murdoch
Goodison, Benjamin (c. 1700–1767), cabinet-maker and undertaker, is of unknown parentage, although the surname is common in south Yorkshire. His occupation is first recorded in September 1719 when he signed for £500 from Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, for his master the London cabinet-maker ...
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Heal, Sir Ambrose (1872–1959), shopkeeper and furniture designer
Alan Crawford
Heal, Sir Ambrose (1872–1959), shopkeeper and furniture designer, was born on 3 September 1872 at Crouch End, London, the eldest child of Ambrose Heal (1847–1913), bedding manufacturer and furnisher, and Emily Maria (1849–1938), daughter of Thomas Stephenson of Finchley. Thus he was born into the family firm of ...
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Innes, Jocasta Claire Traill (1934–2013), journalist, cookery writer, and interior design writer
Paul Levy
Innes, Jocasta Claire Traill (1934–2013), journalist, cookery writer, and interior design writer, was born on 21 May 1934 in Nanking (Nanjing), China, the eldest of four children of Paul Joseph Anthony Innes (1906–1977), a Shell Oil executive, and his wife, Alice Eileen, née...
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Race, Ernest Dawson (1914–1964), furniture and industrial designer
Penny Sparke
Race, Ernest Dawson (1914–1964), furniture and industrial designer, was born on 16 October 1914 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the third of the three sons of Joseph Dawson Race (1880–1966), a banker, and May Tweddle (1882–1950). Joseph Race was born in Hankow (Hankou), China...
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Seddon family (per. c. 1750–1864), furniture makers
Martin Levy
Seddon family (per. c. 1750–1864), furniture makers, apparently hailed from Lancashire. According to his great-grandson the architect John Pollard Seddon, George [i] Seddon (c. 1727–1801) is thought to have gone to London about 1750. On his arrival there he established a cabinet-making firm that was to become the largest in the metropolis during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. ...
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