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Mitley, Charles George (1705-58)

Mitley, Charles George, Featherstone, Yorks., carver (1705–d. 1758). App. in 1720 to Daniel Harvey (Hervé) who had worked at Castle Howard and Wentworth Castle. Mitley's commissions included the carving on a Gothic pulpit to William Kent's design for York Minster; and work, with Fisher, for William Aislabie at Studley Royal, near Ripon. Died 26 August 1758, buried in St Cuthbert's, York. [C. Life Annual, 1965, Beard, Craftsmen and Interior Decoration in England, p. 271]

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