Barton, John (1824–1880)
Barton, John
High Street, Windsor, Berkshire; cabinet maker, upholder and appraiser (fl.1824–80)
Census show Barton, b. 1798, listed at 78 High Street, Windsor as cabinet maker and upholsterer (1841) and employing 3 men and 1 woman (1851) and at 55 High Street employing 2 men and 1 boy (1861).
Recorded in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts 1870 and 1880 at 55 High Street and the Royal Collection Trust holds a birch and rush seated child's chair (RCIN 33185), click here.
Sources: DEFM; Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.