Coffee, George

181 High Holborn, London, carver and gilder (fl.1793)

A label on the back of a gilt framed picture is printed ‘G COFFEE, Picture-Frame-Maker, Carver and Gilder, No.181 HIGH HOLBORN. 12 DOORS FROM DRURY LANE. MAKES all sorts of Picture-frames, Looking-glass frames, Girandoles, Prints framed & glazed, Oval and Round frames, Miniature black ovals, Pictures cleaned, LINED, &c.’ (illus. Gilbert (1996), figs 217-218).

Source: DEFM; Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996).