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Born 1802 • England
Died 1887 (aged 85)
René Lalique: hair ornament and brooch
René Lalique
French jeweler
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Antonio Salviati
Italian glassmaker
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Enoch Wood
English potter
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Ralph Wood, Jr.
English potter
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Aaron Wood
English potter
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Ralph Wood, Sr.
English potter
Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Thomas Tompion
English clockmaker
Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase
Thomas Chippendale
British cabinetmaker
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
Design for a library table by Thomas Sheraton, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia (1805)
Thomas Sheraton
English furniture designer
Spinning jenny
James Hargreaves
English inventor
Design for a sofa by George Hepplewhite, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788).
George Hepplewhite
British cabinetmaker
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John Astbury
English potter
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William Richard Morris, Viscount Nuffield
British industrialist
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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
English lawyer and horologist
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John Cobb
English cabinetmaker
Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
Matthew Boulton
British engineer and manufacturer
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Bryan Donkin
British industrialist
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
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Edward John Dent
British clockmaker