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Adair, John (1749-1769)

Adair, John

London, carver and gilder (fl.1749–69)

Recorded at St Ann's Court, Covent Garden in 1749 and by 1763 was established at Wardour Street, Soho. 

Worked at:

  • Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire, Croome Court
  • Church of St Mary Magdelene, Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire  
  • Syon House, Brentford. A letter from the Duke of Northumberland, dated 4 November 1764, complained about ‘those Carved Mouldings which have been so ill executed by Mr. Adair’. [C. Life Annual, 1965, p.54].
  • Audley End, Essex, from September 1767 to February 1768 for Sir John Griffin Griffin, providing picture and mirror frames, mirror plates and gilt architraves, etc. The account of 1767 amounts to £25 18s [Essex Record Office, D/ DBy/A27/6].
  • Shugborough, Staffordshire, submitted in 1763, amount to £65 16s 6d, and list carving capitals and making and regilding frames. Work under James Stuart's supervision continued until 1769. [Staffordshire Record Office, Anson papers, D615E (H) 1/1; Country Life, 4 March 1954; Country Life Annual, 1965, p.54].  

Source: DEFM

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.