Smith, Charles (1763-1767)
Smith, Charles
Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; upholsterer and cabinet maker (fl. 1763–d. by 1767)
Possibly the same maker who was trading from Broad Street, Carnaby Market, 1746–59. If this is so, then Ince & Mayhew, who had taken over his former business in 1759 on the understanding that he was giving up his former trade, would no doubt have been displeased at his reappearance in the trade. In 1763 he was one of the executors of the will of William Vile.
Smith was dead by May 1767 when an account settled by Sir Laurance Dundas for a bedstead, bedding, drapery, carpets etc. was receipted by Smith's executors.
Daily Advertiser, Advertisements and Notices, Thursday 17 March 1768, Issue 10415
In March of the following year the balance of his stock was put up for sale [Heal; North Yorkshire Record Office, ZNK x i/7/75; Public Advertiser, 17 March 1768].
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.