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Adair, William Robert

London; carver and gilder (fl.1777–1805)

Allen, Henry

London (?); cabinet maker (1669–73)

Allison, John

Edinburgh, Scotland; cabinet maker (fl.1886)

Armitage, William, Leeds, Yorks., upholder, appraiser and cm (1769–79). In September 1769 announced that he had moved his shop from Kirkgate to ‘the Back of the Shambles where Mr Joseph Wilson, Book seller lately dwells’.

Arnold, Michael, York Buildings, Westminster, London, u (1739–50). Supplied goods and undertook work for Lord Monson.

Atkins, Edwin

55 Church Row, Bethnal Green Road, London; furniture maker (fl.1892-1905)

Austin, Cornelius jnr, Cambridge, joiner (c. 1698–d. 1729).

Austin, Cornelius snr, Cambridge, joiner (c. 1660–1704). Cornelius Austin is better known for the fixed joinery work that is found in many of the Cambridge colleges such as King's Chapel, Emmanuel Chapel and the Wren Library at Trinity.

Aycliffe (or Ayliffe), Thomas jnr

London; turner and chair maker (fl.1760–d. 1805)

Baudvine (or Baudovin), Nicholas, London, u (1683–84).

Bealing, Richard

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

Bell, Daniel

London; cabinet maker and upholsterer (1725–34)

Best, Mrs, address unrecorded (1718). Mentioned in the private accounts of the Countess of Jersey on 17 June 1718 supplying ‘a Dutch Stoole’ costing 3s. [PRO, C111/54, pt. 1]

Billups, Thomas, Cambridge, joiner (1670–1723). Possibly the son of William Billups, he is recorded in the accounts of Christ's College.

Birch, William Ltd.

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire & London; chair maker, cabinet maker and upholsterer (fl.c.1840-1954)

Blenkinsop(p) (or Blenkinshop), Peter jnr, Durham, u (1754–62). Recorded in Market Pl. before 1762, and Sadler St from 1762.

Blunt, Charles, Brook St, near Holborn Bars, London, u (1685–1705).

Bosworth, James, Hereford, cm and u (1830–35). Ten bills dated 1830–35 from Bosworth to Capt. N. L.

Boxall, G., address unrecorded (1813 or 15). Pair of Regency parcel gilt cross-framed stools recorded, one bearing signature and date on under-frame. [Sotheby's, 1 March 1983, lot 123; Michael Norman Antiques, Brighton, July 1983]

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.