Chesson, William

London; upholsterer and auctioneer (fl. 1744–74)

Chesson initially traded from ‘The Three Chairs’, Grocer's Alley, Poultry but by 1753 was installed at 157 Fenchurch Street, from which address the business traded for the remainder of its existence.

After 1767 the business was styled Chesson & Bathurst. In 1756 involved with Thomas Humphreys in selling by auction the stock of Stephen Theodore Janssen of York Place, Battersea (the enamel works).

Chesson was one of the furniture makers employed in the furnishing of the Mansion House, 1752–53, and in February 1764 was paid £76 1s for ‘furniture and upholsterer's work’ at East India House, Leadenhall Street. 

Sources: DEFM; Heal; Apollo Magazine, November 1965, p. 405; Connoisseur, December 1952, p. 181; Antique Collector, June 1953, p. 126; Guildhall Library, City Licence books, vols 2 and 3