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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ince and Mayhew were a partnership of furniture designers, upholsterers and cabinetmakers, founded and run by William Ince and John Mayhew in London, England, from 1759 to 1803; Mayhew continued alone in business until 1809. Their premises were listed in London directories in Broad Street, Soho, 1763-83, and in Marshall Street, Carnaby Market, 1783-1809. The partnership's volume of engraved designs, The Universal System of Household Furniture, dedicated to the Duke of Marlborough, was issued in imitative rivalry with Thomas Chippendale; Ince was a subscriber to the first edition of Chippendale's Director. John Mayhew served as apprentice to William Smith Bradshaw, a prominent upholder, and William Ince served his time with John West, King Street, Covent Garden, according to the advertisement the partners took out in the Public Advertiser 27 January 1759, as they set up in the former premises of Charles Smith

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