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Cousin, Peter (1690-1701)

Cousin, Peter, address unknown, picture and mirror frame maker (1690–1701). Possibly a relative of Antonio Verrio's gilder, René Cousin. In 1690 he supplied a picture frame for Petworth House, Sussex; and in 1701 produced ‘four large looking glass frames guilt in gold’ for the new building, Hampton Court, Middlx. [PRO, S/32; Wren Soc., vol. XVIII, pp. 160–61; C. Life, 4 September 1980]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.