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Stevenson, William (1787-1828)

Stevenson, William, Soho, London, cm and u (1787–1828). At 63 King St in 1787 but by 1794 the number was 62. In June 1787 insurance cover amounted to £100, but by July 1794 this had risen to £400. By April 1801 the business had moved to 43 Greek St and insurance cover was on a much more substantial scale, totalling £1,200 of which £1,000 was for utensils and stock. Included in the list of master cabinet makers in Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. By February 1810 had entered a partnership with William Scriven. The partnership did not immediately result in a larger scale of production and insurance cover for this year was still £1,200 of which £600 was for utensils and stock and £450 for similar items in a workshop and open yard. The number in Greek St changed to 46 about 1822. Later insurance valuations suggest a fall in stock levels which in January 1824 were down to £550. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 342, ref. 531404; vol. 401, ref. 630200; vol. 419, ref. 715880; vol. 453, ref. 841237; vol. 499, ref. 1012377]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.