Williams, Thomas (1756-1775)

Last updated on 3 November 2021

Williams, Thomas

London; cabinet maker, upholder and upholsterer (fl.1756–1775)

At Bow Street, Covent Garden (1763); Hermitage Bridge (1767–68); and 8 Great Tower Street (1769–75).

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Newspaper clipping from the Ambrose Heal Collection of Thomas Williams, cabinet maker, at No. 8, Great Tower Street, London; for furniture supplied to Timothy Thornhill, Esq., and for the funeral of his father, General Thornhill, 1770 [Heal,28.237]. © The Trustees of the British Museum

His trade card (held in the Heal Collection) gives the Bow Street address is Rococo in character and uses engravings of a chair and a cabinet in this style.

In 1756 provided furniture to a value of £61 5s 6d to Peter Du Cane for his house, Braxted Park, Essex. The payment of £73 for furniture supplied to Sherborne Castle in 1773 to a ‘Mr. Williams’ probably refers to this maker. An invoice dated 1770 from Thomas Williams to a T. Thornhill is in the collection of the V&A. [Heal; Essex Record Office, D/DDC/A13 folio 59; Digby family papers].  

Source: DEFM

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

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