Sheraton, THOMAS, designer of furniture, was born at Stockton-on-Tees in 1751. In 1791 he produced The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, with over one hundred plates (new ed. 1793-6-1802; reprinted 1896). He gave his name to a style in which ornament was subordinated to utility, and on severer lines than that of his predecessor Chippendale (q.v.). He died in 1806.
Sheraton, THOMAS
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