Wallin, Richard (1747-1754)

Last updated on 27 August 2022

Wallin, Richard

Newgate, London; upholder, appraiser and undertaker (fl. 1747–54)

trade card
British Museum

Trade card of Richard Wallin Upholder Appraiser AND Undertaker,  At hr Shop of Mrs Bird, Turner, without Newgate, LONDON. Makes and Sells all Sorts of Bedsteads and Furnitures, Feather Beds, Matrasses, Blankets, Quilts, Coverlids & Rugs, Carpets, Cabinet Work, Chairs, Looking Glasses &c. at Reasonable Rates NB. Variety of Paper Hangings, c. 1745 [Heal,125.116]. © The Trustees of the British Museum

By 1747 Wallin was trading in the parish of St Barnard, Paul's Wharf and a member of the Haberdashers’ Company. His son Richard jnr was apprenticed to Charles Grange 6 August 1747 and made free of the Upholders’ Company, 5 September 1754. [Guildhall Library, Upholders’ Company records].

Source: DEFM

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

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