Mitchell, Alexander

London; cabinet maker (fl.1778–1825)

Recorded at 12 Princes St, Drury Lane, London, in 1778; as cm, tobacconist and dealer in rushes at 91 Upper East Smithfield in 1786; as cm and ship joiner at 17 St Catherine St in 1808; at 17 St Catherine's, Tower, or Tower Hill, 1811–25; and as cm, ship joiner and dealer in bull rushes at 17 New St, Catherine's Bridge in 1812. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 6 February 1808 for £1,650; on 27 April 1809, due in 1810, in association with Andrew Blythe for £1,650 including £500 on a house at Highbury Terr., Islington; and £1,150 on houses at 60, 65, 66, 69 and 70 Sun St, Bishopsgate St; and on 4 February 1812 for £2,400, including £1,000 on house and workshop, £500 on workshop and warehouse in Pillory Lane, and £300 on stock, utensils and goods in trust. Acted as executor of the will of George Young, painter and glazier, late of Gt Hermitage St, St George. A sarcophagus tea caddy with an embossed leather label stating ‘ALEX^R MITCHELL, MAKER’ illustrated in Jones, Regional Furniture (1993), p. 38.

Source: DEFM; Jones, ‘An Anthology of Regional Furniture with Maker's Identification’, Regional Furniture (1993).