Powell, John (1792-1818)
Powell, John
Eastgate Row, Chester, Cheshire; upholsterer (1792–1818)
In 1792 Powell bound John Price as an apprentice. This is also the date of his trade card illustrated below:
Powells, Upholsterers, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER, Makes & sells every Article in the present Taste, Paper Hangings, Looking Glasses, Japan'd Chairs &c.. Cabinet Goods on improv'd Constructions. APPRAISERS & AUCTIONEERS, 1792 [D,2.617]. © The Trustees of the British Museum
On 20 March 1807 he was paid £200 with a further £100 on 11 April. An account dated 22 July 1814 showed an additional payment of £75 16s 4½d [V&A archives].
By December 1818 he was dead and the business wound up [Chester Guardian, 19 December 1818].
NB: Possibly the Powell who supplied furniture to Erddig, Clwyd, North Wales (1807–14) for Simon Yorke.
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.