Wildsmith, Benjamin & Riley (1786-1788)
Wildsmith, Benjamin & Riley
99 High Holborn, London; upholder and cabinet maker (fl. 1786–88)
By January 1788 in financial difficulties and on the 13th a dividend was advertised for his creditors. [Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 28 January 1788]. A demi-lune card table is known bearing their trade label (illus. Gilbert (1996), figs. 952-953).
Source: DEFM; Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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