Robert Daws - Cabinet-maker

Robert Daws was a cabinet maker and upholsterer active at 17 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, between 1820 and 1839. He is best knows for patenting his 'Improved Recumbent Easy chair' in 1827, of which this is a typical example. This model was well known in the first half of the 19th century and is illustrated in J.C. Loudon's Encyclopedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London 1839, p.1057, fig. 1913, with an attribution to Daws. Another is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds. 1996, p.174, figs 279 and 280.