Hart, Aaron Henry

London; cabinet maker, upholder and broker (fl.1804–38)

Addresses given at 37 St Martin's Lane, 1804–05; and 331 corner of Argyle St, Oxford St in 1807; 356 Oxford Street, 1838-40. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 14 August 1804 for £700 on utensils and stock in his house, where no cabinet work was done; on 8 February 1805 for £800, £650 on utensils and stock at 4 Greek St, Soho, where no cabinet work was done; and on 28 October 1807 for £1,800, £1,500 on utensils and stock. See Henry and Hyam Hart. A.H. Possibly. The facade of the premises at 356 Oxford Street is illustrated in Tallis’s London Street Views (1838-40), where the firm is shown as ‘HART Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’ (Kirkham, Furniture History (1988), fig. 45)

Source: DEFM; Kirkham, ‘Illustrations to The London Furniture Trade 1700-1870’, Furniture History (1988).