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Adams, J.

122 Minories, London (Thames Valley region); chair maker (c. 1790-1820)

Allsop, Isaac & Son

Alsop, Uriah (father & son)

Broadmead, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Southwest region); chair maker (fl. 1851-1900)

Four stamped chairs are in the Cotton Collection, Museum of the Home, London:

Armitage, George Faulkner

Ashford, Isaac & James

Baker & Clack

Wells Road, Bath, Somerset; wholesale cabinet makers, chair & couch manufacturers (fl.1882-6)

Baker, Barnard

Covent Garden, London; upholder and cabinet maker (fl.1751–d.

Balding, A. and Hedges, F.

Address not stated; furniture makers, chair makers (1899)

Makers of an armchair in oak designed and exhibited by W.H. Ansell at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1899 (exhibit no. 149).

Bancroft, John and David

Banks, John

Selby, Yorkshire (Northeast region); chair maker (fl. 1841-1861)

A low-back, double-bow Windsor armchair bearing the stamp 'J BANKS J BANKS SELBY', is in the Cotton Collection, Museum of the Home, London.

Banting, France & Co; Banting, France & Banting; Banting & Son; Thomas and William Banting

Barker, William, London, u (1813). He altered and reupholstered six late 17th-century armchairs at Ham House, inscribing a new wooden member: ‘this Chair was restufft at Kingston, but covered at the Time the Bed was done.

Barnsley, Sidney Howard

London & Gloucestershire; furniture designer, furniture maker and architect (b.1865-d.1926)

Barrow, Richard

Lancaster, Lancs.; cabinet maker (fl.1771-82)

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

Bell, —, address unrecorded, cm (c. 1750–75). Mahogany Master's armchair with full padded back, surmounted by shield with bacchus head, scrolled arms, and cabriole leg with scroll foot recorded from Vintners’ Hall, London. [V & A archives]

Beville, Francis, 48 Wells St, Oxford St, London, u (1813–39).

Birch, William Ltd.

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

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft (Ltd), The 

Birmingham; metal workers, furniture workers (1893-99)

Bissoll, —, Worcester, u (17th century). Wing armchair recorded bearing label. [Apollo, June 1975, p. 110]

Bonynge, —, address unrecorded, upholder (1795). Two of a set of six painted beechwood armchairs signed ‘BONYNGE UPHOLDER 1795’, exhibited by D. Drey, Antique Fair, Grosvenor House, 7–22 June 1962. [Conn., June 1962, p.

Boulnois, John

44 South Moulton Street and 14 Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London; upholsterer (fl.c.1830-71)

Bradshaw, William

Brand, John

Bransby, Robert, St Bartholomew-the-Great, London, u (1668–74). One of the agents in Britain for the tapestry firm of Michiel and Philip Wauters, Antwerp.