Theaker, Joseph

Leeds, Yorkshire; cabinet maker, upholder and music teacher (fl.1791–1830)

Recorded at St Peter's Square with a workshop at High Court Lane (1791); Kirkgate (1792–1830), with a warehouse at Boar Lane (1813); at 107 Kirkgate (1814); at no. 106 (1816–17); at no. 44 (1826–30); and at 59 Chatham Street (1830).

Joseph snr advertised in Leeds Intelligencer, 20 September and 4 October 1791. He announced in Leeds Mercury, 16 June 1792, his removal from St Peter's Square to Kirkgate, stating: ‘Harpsichords & Pianofortes repaired & tuned. Pictures neatly framed, Maps Mounted, & Rooms carefully Papered. A neat assortment of Looking-Glasses in Gilt & Mahogany Frames, Tea-Trays, Caddies, etc.’ In February, March and June 1795 announced in Leeds Mercury, that he taught music, adding: ‘The Cabinet & Upholstery Business carried on as usual’. A notice given in same paper on 4 December 1814 of his removal to the corner of Bank Street, Boar Lane, where his warehouse was [....................Furniture History, 1971].

Probably the same man, Joseph Theiker, listed as a master who signed The Leeds Cabinet and Chair-Makers Book of Prices (1791).

Sources: ........ Furniture History, 1971; Jones, ‘The Leeds Cabinet and Chair-Makers Book of Prices 1791’, Regional Furniture (1995).