John McLean (furniture maker) £36; because this rent was considerable and the premises were new, this indicates that McLean was already established in business before 1770. No records have yet been found establishing McLean's whereabouts between 1783 and 1790. From 1790 until the firm's demise in 1825, they are recorded at 55/58 Upper Marylebone Street (now New Cavendish Street) and from c. 1799-1805, later expanding to occupy premises in both Pancras Street and Upper Terrace and continuing in business until 1825. McLean and Son also gained a notable mention in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary in 1803. One of the "fashionable Pieces of Cabinet Furniture"
James Moore (furniture designer) gesso furniture by Moore can be linked to surviving bills receipted by James Moore and John Belchier, 1722-26. The succeeding royal cabinet-maker, Benjamin Goodison, trained in Moore's workshop. James Moore (furniture designer) ïJames Moore (c. 1670 - October 1726) was an 18th-century cabinet maker in London who worked for George I. He was in partnership with John Gumley from 1714. As royal cabinet-maker he supplied walnut and mahogany furniture for the royal household, the royal yacht, and the king's servants and mistresses, as well as the rich gilt gesso furniture for which he is best known but which constituted a