Dear, S.

Leicester, Leicestershire; bed, mattress & bedding manufacturer, chair & couch manufacturer (fl.1877-1886)

Listed as a bed, mattress & bedding manufacturer in The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1877. 

The Furniture Gazette, 5 July 1879, reported the liquidation of the business on 19 June 1879. However Dear was still listed in The Furniture Gazette: Classified List of the Furniture, Upholstery, and Allied Trades (1886) as chair & couch manufacturer.