Dermer, William

Address unrecorded; cabinet maker or dealer (fl. 1796)

Provided the Hon. James Drummond of Perth with ‘A Capital Tortoise-shell Cabinet’ for £42; and ‘A pair of old Raised Japanned Tables’, £10. He supplied various items to Croome Court, Worcestershire for the George William, 6^th Earl of Coventry, which are recorded in in the documents held by the Croome Court Estate Trustees. On 14 February 1799 a receipt for £21 ‘for a pair of Bonze Centaurs'; on 31 January 1792 a receipt for £10 for ‘A bronze of Flora'; on 14 April 1795 a receipt for 10 guineas ‘for a Bronze vase’; on 18 March 1796 a receipt for £52 10s ’for a curious Cabinet’.

Source: DEFM; Beard, ‘Decorators and Furniture Makers at Croome Court’, Furniture History (1995).