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Peirson, Thomas (1778-1835)

Peirson, Thomas, London, u and cm (1778–1835). Son of Robert Peirson of Kingston, Surrey, butcher. App. to John Constable on 5 August 1778 and free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 3 December 1794. In this year he was at 14 Cullum St, Fenchurch St and traded from this address until at least 1829. He was included in the list of master cabinet makers in Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. In 1826–27 a Martha Peirson is also shown trading at this address as a cm and u. Thomas Peirson had moved to 3 Jury St, Aldgate by 1835. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; Heal]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.