Research Catalog

Title

Industry and ingenuity : the partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew / Hugh Roberts and Charles Cator.

Author

Roberts, Hugh, 1948-

Publication

• London ; Dublin : Philip Wilson Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cator, Charles
• Roberts, Jane, 1949-2021

Description

448 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 29 cm

Summary

"The partnership of William Ince (1737-1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811) ran from 1758 to 1804, and was one of the most enduring and well-connected collaborations in Georgian London's tight-knit cabinetmaking community. The partners' clientele was probably larger, and their work was arguably more influential over a longer period, than most other leading metropolitan makers - perhaps even than that of their older contemporary, the celebrated Thomas Chippendale. Despite their considerable output and an impressive tally of clients and commissions, much of Ince and Mayhew's work has remained unidentified until recent times. The authors' substantial research in private family archives, county record offices and bank archives has allowed them to uncover much new evidence about the business and its influence within cabinetmaking circles. In Industry and Ingenuity, the results of these new investigations are presented alongside an impressive selection of more than 500 colourful, vibrant photographs of Ince and Mayhew's works, many previously unpublished, which together emphasise the partnership's proper position in the pantheon of great eighteenth-century cabinetmakers"--

Subject

• Ince, William, 1752?-1804
• Mayhew, John, 1736-1811
• 1700-1799
• Furniture > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Cabinetwork > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Furniture, Georgian > England > London > History > 18th century
• Furniture design > England > London > History > 18th century
• Furniture industry and trade > England > London > History > 18th century
• Cabinetmakers > England > Biography
• Cabinetwork
• Furniture
• Furniture, Georgian
• Furniture design
• Furniture industry and trade
• Cabinetmakers
• Great Britain
• England > London
• England

Genre/Form

• History.
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 434) and index.

Contents

Part One. The business. Apprenticeship and partnership ; Premises and family ; Role of the partners ; The Universal System of Houshold Furniture ; Branches of the business ; Workshop management ; Accounting and finance ; Clientele ; Relationship with architects ; 'House style' and stylistic development ; Dissolution of the partnership ; The suit in chancery -- Part Two. Commissions. Documented commissions ; Possible commissions -- Part Three. Illustrations.

Call Number

JQF 23-517

ISBN

• 1781301093
• 9781781301098

OCLC

1237750671

Author

Roberts, Hugh, 1948- author.

Title

Industry and ingenuity : the partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew / Hugh Roberts and Charles Cator.

Publisher

London ; Dublin : Philip Wilson Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 434) and index.

Chronological Term

1700-1799

Added Author

Cator, Charles, author.

Roberts, Jane, 1949-2021, dedicatee.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-517