Holden, Thomas (1750)
Holden, Thomas
at ‘The Sign of the Chair’, Hanover Street, near Castle Street, Long Acre, London; cabinet maker, appraiser and undertaker (c.1750)
Holden's trade card shows Rococo cartouche framing an elbow chair with compass seat, cabriole legs with scroll feet, back and front, and a tall shaped upholstered back. Card states that Holden ‘Makes & sells all sorts of Cabinet Makers Work in the newest and compleatest Manner at the most reasonable Rates: ALSO Buys & Sells Second hand Household Furniture of all Sorts', 1750 [Heal,28.92]. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Sources: DEFM; Country Life, 7 July 1966, p. 48; Humberside Record Office, DDCC/150/114, Chichester Constable Manuscripts
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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