Piercy, Edward (1808-1837)
Piercy, Edward
London; picture dealer, carver and gilder (fl. 1808–37)
At 5 Denmark Street, Strand 1808; 17 Titchborne Street, Piccadilly, 1820–33; 3 Arthur Street, Monument in 1835; and 39 Warwick Street, 1837.
Trade card of Edw.d Piercy Carver & Gilder No. 17. Tichborne St., Golden Sque Old Pictures. Cleaned. Lined and Restored in the best manner [Banks,32.48], c.1820-33. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Trade card of PIERCY, Picture Dealer, Carver & Gilder No. 5. Arthur Street, MONUMENT, LONDON. Old Pictures Clean'd & Restored. LOOKING GLASSES RESILVER'D & POLISH'D, 1835 [Heal,32.44]. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Another trade card of Neo-classical character in the Landauer Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., lists an address at 2 Sherrard Street, Golden Square.
He was declared bankrupt in February 1833.
Edward Piercy was the successor to John Piercy at the Titchborne Street address and may have been his son. One directory lists at this address John Piercy & Son still trading in 1825 [Liverpool Mercury, 1 March 1833].
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.