Palleday (Palliday), William

‘The Crown’, Aldermanbury, London; cabinet maker (fl. 1706-1735)

The son of the furniture maker, John Palleday, who ran a workshop at the Crown in Aldermanbury.

Made free of the Joiners’ Company by patrimony, 12 November 1706.

On 15 December 1713 he received payment from Lady Heathcote of £1 14s 6d for a 13-inch glass in a walnut frame and a square ‘falling’ table, together with repairs carried out to a chest of drawers.

At least four pieces of case furniture signed by William Palleday are known (one illus. Gilbert, Marked London Furniture (1996), p. 361, another Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture (2000) fig. 3:45). The inscription reads ‘Wm Palleday at the Crown in Aldermanbury London Cabinet Maker. Probably died or ceased business between 1730 and 1740.

His grandfather, also William Palleday, was Master of the Joiners’ Company 1679-80, and his great grandfather, Richard was active in the 1640s.

Source: DEFM; Joiner’s Company Records; Gilbert, Marked London Furniture (1996); Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture (2009).