Smith, William

Yorkshire; chair maker (fl.1771)

Supplied Edwin Lascelles of Harewood House in 1771 with ‘2 dozen of Elm chairs’ and two dining tables at £21 2s. The chairs with fan backs and stuffed-over seats were intended for the Steward's Room and at least ten of these still survive [Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Exhib. Cat., Back-stairs Furniture, 1977 (10), also illus. Gilbert (1991], fig. 196].

Source: DEFM; Gilbert, English Vernacular Furniture 1750-1900 (1991).