J. Alderman

J. Alderman, London. Two similar Victorian Campaign armchairs, each upholstered with brass studded green leather and with a hinged folding back and arms to a detachable seat on turned legs, one with brass spoke castors the other with plain castors, with squab cushions, one in walnut, one in mahogany and with screw off legs, one chair with an applied brass plaque inscribed 'J. ALDERMAN Inventor PATENTEE & MANUFACTURER, 16, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON'. (2)

John Alderman established his business in 1860 at 16 Soho Square, London. In the commercial directories from 1865 to 1885, Alderman is recorded as 'invalid chair, couch and carriage manufacturer'. He is listed in the 1875 London commercial directory as a manufacturer of 'invalid, bath, Brighton, self-propelling and every other description of chair, couch, bed and carriage for invalids'.