Eggleso, Arthur

Eggleso, ArthurEggleso, ArthurArthur Eggleso 1846-48 pianoforte mkr 81 Hammond Members of the Eggleso family had worked in the city as cabinet makers and upholsterers since the 1820s. Arthur Eggleso was first listed in the 1835 NYCD as an upholsterer, but in 1842 he turned to cabinet making. In 1846, he became a piano maker, but only a few years later he left the city, apparently to enlist in the military. On June 5, 1855, the Evening Post [N.Y.] reported the death of »Major Arthur Eggleso« at…