Coombs Chair
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1997
Object number1997.014.001
Label TextHenry Coombs (1819-1882) learned the skills to build furniture, including this arrow-back chair, during a five-year-long apprenticeship that began in 1835. English-born Henry Coombs immigrated to London in 1843 and soon opened a cabinet-making business. He operated it at King and Richmond streets, on the northwest corner of the Market Square, until he closed up shop in 1875. The notice announcing the closure highlighted the medals Coombs’ furniture had won locally and in Paris, France. It also noted that customers could be confident of the quality of his goods. While other manufacturers had adopted machinery, Coombs still trusted the skill of trained craftsmen.
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