Ridge(s), John (1682-1685)
Ridge(s), John
London; upholsterer (fl. 1682–85)
In 1682 John Ridge supplied a bed for the Duke of Hamilton's rooms in Holyrood House, Edinburgh, charging £218 10s for ‘a crimson & gould velvett bett, loynd with satin with 8 chairs & velvet cases, a feather bed & bolster, quilts, Japanned glass & stands a footstool blankets …’. Payment was completed in June 1683 with a memorandum ‘That a sett of white feathers for the bed mentioned are to be returned or eight pound in Lieu of them — J. Ridge.’
In 1684 the inventory included ‘In my Lady's Bedchamber — One large bedstead with flowered Courtines of red & yellow with covervolet of taffetie three quilts … A Japan painted table & two stands with ane looking glass conforme … four armed chairs with four other chairs and a footstool all painted conforme to ye tables 9 stands …’ [Scottish Record Office, Duke of Hamilton's archives, 165/1/3, F1/490–1; F2/380/21; Furniture History, 1978].
John Ridges is recorded in the Royal Household accounts in 1683 providing beds, curtains, two walnut tables and stands, a large inlaid walnut table, and a looking-glass, costing £15 [TNA, LC9/ 277]
He was named in newspapers in 1685.
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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