Cooper, Joseph (1786–1796)
Cooper, Joseph
37 Bishopsgate Within, London; upholder and cabinet maker (fl.1786–96)
Free of the Upholders’ Co. under the 1750 Upholders’ Act, 22 November 1786. He subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.
Possibly the Joseph Cooper, furniture broker, cabinet maker, upholsterer, looking-glass maker, appraiser and undertaker, recorded at 93 Bishopsgate in 1822 and 1823. This trade card and billhead is in the John Johnson Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Sources: DEFM; Stabler, ‘Furniture-Makers’ Trade-Cards and Bill-Heads in the John Johnson Collection’, FHS Newsletter No. 166 (May 2007).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.