George Jackson (plasterwork)
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George Jackson (1766–1840) was a British plasterwork innovator, active from 1780 onwards. He was commissioned by architect
Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (architect), William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and train ...
to produce reverse-cut boxwood moulds (many to Adam designs). Jackson formed a company which still produces composition pressings and retains a boxwood mould collection. In 1780 Jackson founded George Jackson & Sons Ltd. in London which was active in decorative plaster ornaments and introduced the use of composition plaster into England.


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* * 1766 births 1840 deaths Plasterers {{GB-bio-stub