
Thomas Moore
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Although the cabinet making (and especially chair making) partnership of Wilkie and Cochran is documented as working in London throughout the period 1817-c.1840, John Wilkie is also recorded as operating independently from 1817 or 1818 onwards. Wilkie's own firm was located at 1 Norfolk St, Fitzroy Sq., but it is unclear as to whether this continued alongside Wilkie and Cochran's combined enterprise, which was based at 20 Nassau St., Middlesex Hospital, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, ed. by G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Leeds, 1986, p. 975.
The 'WILKIE AND COCHRAN' stamp is arguably the one most widely associated with the individual John Wilkie, however there are also a number of examples of chairs which are impressed with: 'WILKIE PATENT', as appears stamped to the top of the slatted metal seat on the offered lot.