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Allin, William

Newark, Nottinghamshire; cabinet maker (fl. 1770–1788)

Insured with the Sun Fire Office in 1776 for a total of £1,000 of which £400 was for utensils and stock.

Brown, Thomas, 167 Fleet St, London, backgammon table maker (1819). [D]

Burnett, Thomas, Strand, London, u and cm (1744–74). Recorded at ‘The King's Arms, against the New Church in the Strand’, 1747–66, and no. 61 Strand, 1760–74. [D] In partnership with Gilbert Burnett, 1747–74.

Campion & Watkins, London, billiard and backgammon table makers (1829–39). At 13 Henrietta St, Covent Gdn in 1829 but by 1835 the partnership had ended and Arthur Campion was trading from 10 Adele St, Cheapside.

Champion & Watkins, 13 Henrietta St, Covent Gdn, London, billiard and backgammon table makers (1829). [D]

Coakley, James

 4 Main Street, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland; cabinet maker (fl.c.1858-1905)

Cobb, John

Deeker (or Decker), James

59 Berwick Street, Soho, London; cabinet maker and backgammon and billiard table maker (fl.1780–81)

Edlin, Edward C., New Bond St, London, turner and toyman by appointment to His Majesty (1796–1832). Recorded at no. 34, 1798–1808; and no. 31, 1831–32.

Ellis, Moses

Erwood, Alfred, 9 Brownlow St, Holborn, London, billiard and backgammon table maker (1815–34). Recorded in partnership with James Erwood at no. 3, 1815–25; and alone, at no. 9, 1829–34. Declared bankrupt, Liverpool Mercury, 10 July 1829. [D]

Gomm, Tom, London, cm (1731). Supplied Richard Hoare for Barn Elms House bottle stands, a backgammon table, a chest of drawers etc. costing £23 13s 3d in 1731–32. [V & A Lib., 86 NN. 3]

Gomm, William & Richard

Jewster, Mary, 2 Angel Ct, Leadenhall St, London, backgammon table maker (1802). Took out insurance in 1802 for £200 of which £100 was for utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 423, ref. 732301]

Kiernan, John

Arbutus Cottage, Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland; cabinet maker, carver and inlayer (fl. c.1885-1955)

Laurence, Samuel, ‘The Crown & Coffee Mill’, Fenchurch St, London, turner (1730). In July 1730 supplied Sir Gilbert Heathcote with a large pair of backgammon tables and dice boxes at £1 3s. [Lincoln RO, 2 ANC 12/0/12]

Mayhew, John (1736–d. 1811) and Ince, William (d. 1804)

London; cabinet makers (1758/59–1804) 

Nickson, Samuel, Bridge St Row, Chester, cm and u (1802–27). Listed also at Commercial Buildings in 1816. Free 3 July 1802. Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

O'Neill, John

Lancaster, Lancs.; cabinet maker and carver (app.1753-fl.1787)

Peacock, Robert, Strand, London, cabinet and upholstery warehouse (1763–76). Established in the Strand by 1763 and in that year his premises suffered damage from a fire.

Pryer, Charles

London; cabinet maker and upholsterer (fl. 1789–1803)

At 96 New Bond Street in 1789 and then traded from 472 Strand, 1790– 1803.

Sherwin, Thomas, 67 Gt Queen St, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, portable desk, backgammon table, billiard table, workbox, dressing case and cabinet case maker (1825–39). [D]

Stone, T., 6 Gibraltar Walk, Bethnal Green, London, backgammon table maker (1821–23). [D]

Thorn

at ‘The Beehive & Patten’, John Street, Oxford Market, London; cricket bat, turnery and patten warehouseman (fl. 1764)

Underwood, Nicholas

Dublin and Sligo, Ireland; cabinet maker (fl.1752)