Smith, Wright

Norwich; cabinet maker (fl.1762–d.1791)

Lived in the parish of St Andrew, 1768 and the parish of St Peter Mancroft (1780–90).

Traded at Coffee House Court, Market Place (1783) and in the following year the address is simply given as Market Place.

In 1786 his stock of woods was sold and included mahogany in boards and plank, 'Cedar... King's and Queen's Wood; Rose, Tulip and Satin wood…'. His apprentice, William Elden Earle, was made free 18 June 1762. Will proved at Norwich in 1791.

Source: DEFM; Bowett, ‘Furniture Woods in London and Provincial Furniture 1700-1800’, Regional Furniture (2008).