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Owen, J (1890)

Owen, J

Churchbank, Clunton Coppice, Shropshire; chair maker (fl.c.1890)

A photograph of this maker with one of his board-seated, spindle-back chairs is reproduced in Bebb (2007), fig. 1220. He took his chairs to market in Newtown every Saturday, lodging there with his wife’s family.

Source: Bebb, Welsh Furniture (2007), II, p. 298.