Morris, Thomas

London; freeman wheelwright, cabinet maker, chair maker and upholsterer (fl. 1768–1832)

Recorded at Budge Row, 1768– 71, no. 3 in 1775; St Paul's Churchyard, 1777–78; no. 15, 1780–90; and no. 26, 1790–1828.

Recorded in partnership with William Morris, 1784–1827, and as Morris & Son in 1828.

Trading as Thomas Morris & Son, cabinet maker and upholsterer, 345 Strand, 1829–32, by which time clearly a second or third generation was in business.

Thomas Morris employed three non-freemen for three months in 1768; four for six weeks and five for three months in 1769; six for three months and eight for nine months in 1770; eight throughout 1771; forty for three months in 1777; and forty for six weeks in 1778 [Guildhall Library (GL), City Licence books, vols 6, 7 and 9].

Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793, and Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, when named in the list of master cabinet makers [Fastnedge, English Furniture Styles, 1500–1830, p. 305]

See William Morris, and Morris & Cupiss.

Source: DEFM