Palmer, John 

‘The Cabinet & Star’, facing Lawrence Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, London; cabinet maker and upholsterer (fl. 1765)

His trade card was used as a receipt dated 18 April 1765. The card is embellished with an engraving of a cabinet on stand surrounded by an elaborate Rococo frame. The text states that he made and sold ‘all sorts of Cabinet & Upholstery Goods, Chairs Tables and Looking Glasses in Carv'd Gilt or Painted Frames’.

He dealt both retail and wholesale, appraised goods and arranged funerals.

Source: DEFM