Griffin & Ward
Griffin & Ward
Leicester Square, London; cabinet makers & upholsterers (fl.1845-51)
Recorded in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts in 1846 as cabinet makers and upholsterers. Thomas Griffin, invalid chair maker at 6 Leicester Square, entered into a partnership with John Ward about 1845 but by 1851 Griffin had retired and Ward continued trading until 1903.
Sources: Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969).