Cloak, Thomas

London; upholsterer, cabinet maker, upholder, undertaker, appraiser and auctioneer (fl. 1784–1809)

The addresses given for this maker in trade directories and cards may well be variations of the same location.

Initially 4–6 Lower Moorfields is used but later this becomes 4–6 Broker's Row, Moorfields. In the 1790s 24 and 30 Old Bethlem are used.

Existing trade cards suggests that the business was concerned as much if not more in the buying and selling of secondhand furniture as new items. New items were available ‘Ready-Made’.

Thomas was the son of Jacob Cloak and was admitted a member of the Upholders’ Company by patrimony 3 January 1798. He is included in the list of master cabinet makers in Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803 [Ambrose Heal; Guildhall Library, Upholders’ Company records].

Source: DEFM