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Oliver, Thomas; Oliver and Co. (1876-1893)

Oliver, Thomas; Oliver and Co.

Torquay, Devon; cabinet makers (fl.1876-93)

Listed at 37 & 38 Union Street (1876-86) [The Furniture Gazette Directory, 1876 & 1877; The Furniture Gazette: Classified List of the Furniture, Upholstery, and Allied Trades, 1886]. 

In 1883 Oliver enlarged his showroom space in Union Street to allow for the display of carpets and drapery furnishing and closed his branch premises at Torwood Street, where carpets were previously on view.  In 1884 he advertised for ‘steady, first class cabinet makers. Wages 6d to 7d...’ [The Furniture Gazette, 5 May 1883; 4 October 1884].  

Cabinet Maker & Art Furnisher, March 1893, announced that the firm of Oliver & Co. of Abbey Works, Torquay (wholesale furniture manufacturers), which was probably connected with Thomas Oliver, had opened London showrooms at 17 Berners Street.