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Wiblin, Henry

Wiblin, Henry, London (1752). The maker of a fine marquetry table. ‘In the Centre is the Son situated with a double Glory, round the Glory is a Circumference of Stars consisting of 1344 Pieces; the upper Corner on the Right-hand is a Representation of the Moon; on the upper Corner of the left hand is the Eye of Providence; on the lower Corner on the Right Hand, is a Rainbow in an Octagon, on the lower Corner on the left hand, it forms again in a Smaller Circumference, hanging in an equilateral Triange, both cut in Geometry; with several other Curiosities; the whole being composed of 4978 Pieces of curious Wood’. In February 1752 it was announced that this table had been purchased by Mr Joseph Wright at ‘The Three Cranes’, Mile End. Henry Wiblin was said to be the son of the late John Wiblin. [General Advertiser, 13 February 1752]

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