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Birley, Samuel (1862)

Birley, Samuel

Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire; furniture maker (fl. 1862)

Maker of a table of black marble set with coloured marbles and other stones which won a medal in both the Furniture and Mining Classes of the 1862 International Exhibition (illus. Aslin (1962), pl. 44). The table was bought by the V&A for £240 (V&A 157-1864).

Source: Aslin, 19th Century English Furniture (1962).