Hartley, Thomas (1767-1794)
Hartley, Thomas
Newgate Street, London; carver and gilder (fl. 1767–94)
Trading at no. 108, 1777–94; with a house at 29 Paradise Row, Islington in 1785.
Trade card of Thomas Hartley, Carver and Gilder, in Newgate Street, No. 108. Performs all manner of house & furniture Carving, &c. Looking Glasses & frames for Exportation. Prints and Paintings, framed, Cleaned & Lined’, c. 1777-94 [Heal,32.29]. © The Trustees of the British Museum
In 1767 he employed four non-freemen for six weeks [Guildhall Library (GL), City Licence books, vol. 5].
Took out Sun Insurance policies on 23 November 1785 for £200 on his house at 29 Paradise Row, Islington; in 1777 for £100 on utensils and stock; and in 1793 for £400 on a house at 6 Warwick Lane in tenure of a coney salesman [The London Archives (TLA), Sun MS vol. 333, p. 500; vol. 261; p. 395; vol. 392, p. 362].
See William Hartley and Hartley & Son.
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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