Possible Clues:

• Designer finds fault with implement, leading to depression
• Kind of furniture slightly damaged, broken by new porter
• For a change, help cad with pine furniture
• Thomas --, English furniture maker and designer 1718-1779
• Influential English furniture maker, d. 1779
• English furniture-maker
• Furniture maker led chap to work with pine
• Cabinetmaker has counter roughly planed with finish in pine
• 18th century furniture designer
• 18th-century style of chairs and cabinets