Kerby, Richard, Sackville St, London, cm and u (1756–66). In 1763 the lease for the building in Sackville St was taken jointly by Kerby and John Swale who may have been a partner at this date. Kerby supplied furniture to a number of influential patrons. In January 1756 he supplied Wilton carpeting and a mahogany night table to Dumfries House, Scotland, which, together with other items, came to £15 8s 6d. In the years 1758–59 he supplied an oval mahogany cistern, a black inkstand and undertook some gilding at Temple Newsam House, Leeds. A small sum of £1 16s 2d is recorded as being paid to this maker in August 1766 for mahogany used on work at Burlington House for the Duke of Portland. [D; Lincoln RO, NEL X 6/1; Furn. Hist., 1967; Notts. RO, DDSP 3/1]