The firm was based on his property at the corner of Ved Stranden and Holmens Kanal.
The proprietors were the East Indian merchants Andresen and Albrecht Ludvig Schmidt, Copenhagen, (1754-1821), born in Kiel.
[1] Andresen & Schmidt made investments in privateering vessels during the Gunboat War.
Her sister Birthe Emerence Restorff was married to Jørgen Thomsen Bech, another leading wholesale merchant and ship-owner of the day.
Their sister Albertine Emmerentze Schidt was married to the wine merchant Christian Waagepetersen.