Gunby, Day (1798)
Gunby, Day
Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London; carpenter (fl. 1798).
Patented in 1798 a system of weights, bolts and springs to operate the rising parts of tables, chairs &c. (Pat no. 2248). The system was apparently used by George & Thomas Seddon.
Source: DEFM; Kirkham, ‘The London Furniture Trade’, Furniture History (1988).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.