Pickett, Jesse

Wiston and Horsham, Sussex; chair maker and turner (fl. 1832–40)

At Wiston in 1832 when he was described as a chair and pattern maker. At West St, Horsham in 1839– 40 as a chairmaker and turner. Presumably dead by 1851 when his widow, Mrs E Pickett, was listed as chair maker in the same place in the 1851 Kelly’s Post Office Directory.

Source: DEFM; Agius, ‘Chairmakers listed in General and Trade Directories, 1790-1851’, Furniture History (1976).