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Arne, Thomas (bap. 1682, d. 1736), upholsterer and theatre servant  

Lesley Wade Soule

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Barnsley, Sidney Howard (1865–1926), architect and furniture maker  

Alan Crawford

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Cobb, John (c. 1715–1778), cabinet-maker and upholsterer  

Geoffrey Beard

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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

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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

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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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Gillow, George (1765/6–1822)  

Susan E. Stuart

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Gillow, James (b. c. 1732)  

Susan E. Stuart

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Gillow, John (b. 1756/7)  

Susan E. Stuart

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Gillow, Richard (1772–1849)  

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Gillow, Robert (1746/7–1795)  

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Gillow, Robert (1771x4–1798)  

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Gillow, Thomas (c. 1736–1779)  

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Race, Ernest Dawson (1914–1964), furniture and industrial designer  

Penny Sparke

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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, George (bap. 1797, d. 1857)  

Martin Levy

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Seddon, George (c. 1727–1801)  

Martin Levy

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Seddon, George (bap. 1763, d. 1815)  

Martin Levy

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Seddon, Thomas (bap. 1793, d. 1864)  

Martin Levy

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Seddon, Thomas (bap. 1761, d. 1804)  

Martin Levy

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Vile, William (1714/15–1767), furniture maker  

Geoffrey Beard

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Vile, William (1714/15–1767), furniture maker, was probably born in Somerset, where the name is common. Support for a west-country origin is provided by Vile's will, in which he left money to his Humphrey cousins at South Petherton and Middle Lambrook. (Vile's father's will may have been among the twenty-four ...