Harris Henry

Carmarthen, Wales; cabinet maker (fl.c.1850-1880)

A glazed standing corner cupboard by this maker has been recorded bearing the printed label ‘HENRY HARRIS CABINET-MAKER CARMARTHEN’. An oak chest of drawers is also known, inscribed ‘August 1854 Made at H Harris, King Street, Carmarthen’ (illus. Bebb (2007), figs 1177 & 1197). In 1880 Harris supplied William Thomas of Dulais Cabinet Works, Llandrwda, with unspecified goods. Some time after 1880 the business was taken over by Herbert Jones & Co, retaining David Harris (son of Henry?) as cabinet workshop manager.

Source: Bebb, Welsh Furniture (2007), II, pp. 327, 337.