179 pages within a larger (409 pages) account book. (Folio) 32.5x20 cm (12¾x8"), original paneled reverse calf, red and black spine labels.
J.F. Travis was an upholsterer in New York City who worked for some of the more prominent cabinetmakers and furniture warehouses within the city. Amongst his clients were Martin Fullerton who owned a warehouse on Myrtle Avenue; John F. Mason, a furniture wholesaler and retailer on Myrtle Avenue (his account book is at Winterthur); Henry Hume, a furniture dealer also on Myrtle Avenue; John Christmas a furniture dealer on Willoughby Street; John Francis, a furniture dealer on Myrtle Avenue; Durring Brothers, upholsters on Fulton Street; George B. Eddy, furniture dealer on Myrtle Street; J.W. Bland, furniture dealer on Atlantic Street; James B. Bland, furniture dealer on Myrtle Street, Wilson and Co. furniture dealers on Myrtle Avenue and The Brooklyn Furniture Company. The ledger records cabinet, repair work and accounts for individual pieces, sets, and entire suites of upholstered furniture. These include arm chairs, patent sofas, tablet back sofas, banister chairs, Turkish chairs, rocking chairs, sofa beds, piano chairs, settees, patent bed lounges, foot rests, etc. The ledger also includes charges for working on the webbing of chairs, covering chairs, upholstering chairs and putting castors on sofas. Some of the work descriptions are described as Mary Antoinette, Turkish, Spanish and French, among other descriptions. Very legible; upholsterer account books are rather scarce on the market.