Brooks, Wm. & Son (1865-1886)
Brooks, Wm. & Son
London; gilders, looking glass & picture frame makers, cabinet carvers and gilders (fl.1865-86)
Recorded in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts in 1865-85 as gilders. 1871 Kelly’s Post Office Directory listed at 2 Devonshire Buildings, Worship Street, as carvers & gilders. Listed as cabinet carvers & gilders and looking glass & picture frame makers at 14 Great Queen Street, London, in The Furniture Gazette Directory (1877) and The Furniture Gazette: Classified List of the Furniture, Upholstery, and Allied Trades (1886).
Source: Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969).