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Metcalf(e), — (1804)

Metcalf(e), —, Primrose St, Bishopsgate, London, cm (1804). Fire at his premises reported in Gents Mag., September 1804. It took place on 28 August 1804, and ‘the whole of the stock of timber, mahogany, finished goods etc. … were destroyed … The tools, benches etc. belonging to 15 working men, were all wholy consumed.’

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.