Penning, J (1809–1812)
Penning, J.
Blandford, Dorset; cabinet maker (fl. 1809–12)
First recorded in 1809, when in partnership with Daniel Charmbury, he took over the business of Daniel Charmbury who had given up his trade in that year because of ill-health and soon after had died. The new business traded as Penning & Charmbury, builders, cabinet maker and upholsterer.
On 4 February 1811 ‘Pennings’ Cabinet and Upholstery Manufactory’ placed an advertisement in the Salisbury & Winchester Journal for ‘THREE CABINET-MAKERS…. A Turner and Fancy turn-pin Chair-maker… An Apprentice of genteel connections wanted’. By December 1812 when Penning was declared bankrupt he was trading on his own behalf.
Source: DEFM; Parker, Julian, ‘The Elusive Turn-pin Chair’,Regional Furniture (2018).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.