Francis (Frank) Weightman Collinson (1836-1918) and George James Sheridan Lock (1846-1900)? were originally employees of the prestigious firm of Jackson & Graham, Oxford Street, London, but around 1863, they left to work for Herring and Co., an old-established furniture company with premises at 109 Fleet Street London. They eventually succeeded to this business in 1870 and turned it into their partnership. In that same year, they advertised themselves as:
The partnership quickly established itself as a new force in the London furniture trade, with a particular eye for fashionable furniture, sporting a distinctive aesthetic that appealed to a new and discerning market. Edwards 35)
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Cohen, Deborah. Household Gods: The British and Their Possessions. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Print.
Edwards, Clive. Collinson and Lock: Art Furnishers, Interior Decorators and Designers, 1870-1900. Market Harborough, Leics.: Troubador, 2022.
The Fine Art Society Story. Part I. London: The Fine Art Society, 2001.
Created 28 May 2014
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