Westmorland, William (1786)
Westmorland, William
Boar Lane, Leeds, Yorks.; joiner and cabinet maker (fl. 1786)
In August 1786 advertised for ‘three or four journeymen cabinet-makers, one clock case maker and one chair-maker’. Edward Westmoreland was probably his successor. A long case clock by Eli Stott of Wakefield, c.1790, has been recorded with the case stamped W. WESTMORELAND LEEDS (illus. Jones, Regional Furniture (1993), p. 109)
Source: DEFM; Jones, ‘An Anthology of Regional Furniture with Maker's Identification’, Regional Furniture (1993).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.