Industry and Ingenuity

The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew

Hugh Roberts (Author) , Charles Cator (Author)

Industry and Ingenuity

The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew

Hugh Roberts (Author) , Charles Cator (Author)

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The first comprehensive study of William Ince and John Mayhew's famous eighteenth-century cabinetmaking partnership, complemented by high-quality photographs of their work.

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an impressive selection of more than 500 colourful, vibrant photographs of Ince and Mayhew's works, many previously unpublished, which together emphasise the partnership's proper position in the pantheon of great eighteenth-century cabinetmakers.

Preface

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

Select Bibliography (with Abbreviations)
Photographic Credits
Acknowledgements
Index

Product details

Published	04 Apr 2023
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	448
ISBN	9781781301098
Imprint	Philip Wilson Publishers
Illustrations	More than 500 high-quality colour photographs
Dimensions	280 x 230 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Hugh Roberts

Sir Hugh Roberts, Surveyor Emeritus of The Queen’s…

Author

Charles Cator

Charles Cator has worked at Christie's, the fine a…

This handsome and magisterial work, the distilled harvest of forty years' research, presents a comprehensive account of the great neo-classical cabinetmaking partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew. They have indeed been accorded their rightful place alongside Chippendale, an achievement to celebrate.

Simon Swynfen Jervis, President of the Furniture History Society
This welcome and beautiful book restores Ince and Mayhew, Georgian English furniture makers, to the pantheon of leading British designers and craftsmen and retrieves them from 'historical oblivion'.

Country Life
This book, so long awaited, is no disappointment. It has been a prodigious undertaking and has brought into clear light the full extent of the creativity of this leading firm.

Furniture History Society
This splendid book is a welcome addition to the corpus of scholarly publications on English furniture makers of the 18th century… It is a truly impressive achievement.

The Georgian