Marvin, George (1830–1888)
Marvin, George
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire; cabinet maker, upholsterer (fl.1830–88)
Recorded as a cabinet maker in the Lord Chamberlain’s accounts 1851-57 at Point, Cowes. Marvin held a royal warrant as a cabinet maker and upholsterer from the Lord Chamberlain [The Furniture Gazette, 14 February 1885 & 1 March 1888].
Sources: DEFM; Joy, ‘The Royal Victorian Furniture-Makers, 1837-87’, The Burlington Magazine (November 1969).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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