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Born	c.1637
Died	1703 • London • England

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Aaron Wood

English potter

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Ralph Wood, Jr.

English potter

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Ralph Wood, Sr.

English potter

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Enoch Wood

English potter

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John Astbury

English potter

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David Elers

English potter

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Elers, John Philip

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

Josiah Wedgwood.

Josiah Wedgwood

English craftsman

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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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