Background
He was born around the year 1705 and it is most likely that he learned his trade and served his apprenticeship near the naval shipyards of Deptford, for by the 1720s he had a yard and workshop in Greenwich.
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John Boson
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lieutenant is said that if he had not died at such a relatively young age then his place would have been assured in the history of furniture making in the United Kingdom. His name first appeared as that of a carver when he worked on Saint George"s Church, Bloomsbury in London. In 1725 his first domestic work is recorded when he made carvings for 4 Street James"s Square, London.
He was at the same time one of the craftsmen employed to work on the Fifty New Churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
He is well known for his carved chimney-pieces and there are good examples in the "Great Room" at Baylies, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire and another example at Sir Michael Newton"s seat of Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire. The 1730s were the years of Boson"s greatest success and it was during this time that he regularly carried out work for Frederick, Prince of Wales at his houses at Leicester Fields, Kew Palace, and Cliveden, Buckinghamshire.
There are very few pieces that are recorded as being the work of John Boson and only seven pieces remain complete with their receipts. One of these is a large carved and gilt mirror that is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
