Friday, 1 March 2019

Gideon Saint - Woodcarver



Gideon Saint (1729 - 1799).

Mid 18th Century, Huguenot, Woodcarver.


For an excellent overview of the life and times of Gideon Saint see -

see - https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3258432.pdf.bannered.pdf




Trade Card of Gideon Saint.
at the Golden Head in Prince's Street, Leicester Fields (from 1763 -79).

The earliest mention of Gideon Saint is in the Apprenticeship Books at the Public Record Office,  Kew where he is listed as apprenticed to "Jacob Touzey (Tousey)of St Martin's Fields, Midx.Carver," on Thursday, September 22, 1743.


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