BY THOMAS FERRAND OF YORK, CIRCA 1818

A carver, gilder and frame maker, Thomas Ferrand of York (1786-1852) was the son of William Ferrand, a plane-maker in York, apprenticed for seven years to Robert Tomlinson, carver and gilder in 1802 was admitted freeman in 1809. He entered into partnership with Willian Dodgson in 1814, though their union dissolved in 1816 after only two years, as reported on June 16 in the York Courant when he established an independent carving and gilding business opposite the George Inn on Coney Street. Ferrand's trade label appears on one of a pair of rectangular giltwood mirrors from the Collection of the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, sold Christie's, New York, 22 November 2011, lot 263, and is recorded on a pair of early-Georgian style mirrors on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (see G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, pp. 297); as well as on an Adam-style oval mirror framed by husk and surmounted by a vase (see Antiques, May 1968, p. 648). On case furniture, it recorded is on a painted satinwood cabinet decorated with garlands, arched panels of Classical landscapes, flowers and foliate scrolls (The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, p. 297);