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Barefoote, Josiah, London, cm and u (d. 1744). Sale of stock announced in Daily Advertiser, 19 May 1744: ‘The Upholstery & Cabinet Goods of Mr Josiah Barefoote, deceas'd within Two Doors of Durham Yard in the Strand, viz.

Batlerson, —, Berkeley Row, Berkeley Sq., London, cm and chairmaker (1744). Advertised in November 1744 as supplying ‘wallnut tree chairs stuffed and covered with damask and Spanish leather, matted bottom Beach chairs of all sorts’.

Bealing, Richard

London; draper, upholder and Royal Upholsterer (fl. 1656-d. 1723)

Beckwith & France

Bijar, Robert and Mary

Dublin, Ireland; japanners and wallpaper sellers (fl.1742-69)

Robert Bijar was recorded in Abbey Street, 1742-9, where he died in 1749. He was succeeded by his widow, Mary.

Bingley, —, Chester(?), u (1720).

Boon, John, 9 Duke St, Liverpool, with shop at 1 Waterloo Pl., Church St, cm and u (1827). Declared bankrupt, Liverpool Mercury, 25 May 1827.

Bracken, —, London(?), u (1778). Immediately put in charge of the hasty refurnishing of Thorndon Hall by Lord Petre for the visit of George III in October 1778, first proposed by the King on 22 September.

Bradshaw, William

Bromwich & Leigh; Bromwich, Thomas; Leigh, Leonard

Brookshaw, George

Brown, Ralph

Newcastle, Northumberland; upholsterer (fl. 1768–1808)

Trading at ‘The Royal Tent, Foot of the Side’, 1768–1792 and Dean Street, no. 8 from Mosley Street, 1792–1808.

Burrough(s) (Borough(s), Burrowes), John

Burton, Samuel snr

London; upholsterer, cabinet maker, auctioneer and undertaker (fl. 1765–d. 1801)

Chambers, Samuel, Milk St, London, u (1709–68). Son of Abraham Chambers of Selling, Kent, yeoman. App. to Henry Winton, 10 March 1709/10 and free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 7 May 1718. Master of the Upholders’ Co., 1746.

Clarke, C.

Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland; furniture manufacturer, cabinet maker (fl. 1853)

Clarke, William, London, u (1688–1707).

Clarkson, William

‘The King's Head’, corner of Old Bedlam, Moorfields, London, upholder, appraiser, cabinet maker and undertaker (fl. c. 1760)

Cobb, John

Coke, Richard

address unknown, England; upholsterer and joiner (fl.1679)

Collinson and Lock

London; furniture makers, upholsterers, decorators and retailers (fl.1870-1897)

Couldwell, Roger, Bartholomew Close, London, u (1709). Said to have removed from his lodgings in Bartholomew Close with ‘8 yards of Rich Sky-colour'd Red Damask, large Figure, cut out for use, with Silk lace’.

Crow, Augustin, Bartholomew Close, near Smithfield, London, u (d. by 1689). Successor to Alderman William Crow. Augustin Crow was already dead by April 1689 when his stock was disposed of.

Cuenot, John Antoine, Warwick St, Golden Sq., London, carver (1744–62). Although included in Mortimer's London Directory of 1763 he had probably died the year previously and the John Cuenot at this address in 1763 was his son.

Cullen, James