Jones, Samuel (1728-40)
Jones, Samuel, ‘The Three Chairs’, facing the south gate, St Paul's Churchyard, London, chair and cabinet maker (1728–40). A Jones appears in the Holkham Hall, Norfolk, accounts, 1728–42, and may be this maker. The frequency of the surname, however, coupled with the fact that some of the entries refer to an u, may mean that some under this name refer to another craftsman. In 1728 £37 8s was paid, and in the fourth quarter of 1732 the amount was £63. In 1734 two amounts totalling £41 were paid; and in 1737, £63 was expended on furniture for the London house. Sixteen chairs and a couch were supplied for the dining room. A further account of 1737 was for £11 is and concerned the supply of three sconces and two glasses, credit being given on an old glass taken in part exchange. The last entry of 1742 was for a chest of drawers charged at only 14s 2d. This latter item is unlikely to have been supplied by Samuel Jones for his business appears to have terminated in May 1740 when his stock was sold by auction. It consisted of a ‘variety of Chairs, Cabinet Work, Sconces etc.’. Jones also supplied the Royal Household, an account for £68 11s 6d surviving for furniture supplied to Windsor, St James's, Hampton Court, Kew and Richmond. [Heal; V & A archives; GCM; Daily Post, 29 April 1740]