Chippendale, Thomas
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Chippendale, Thomas (1718–79). Cabinet-maker and designer, the son of a Yorkshire joiner, he set up business in London about the 1750s. Employing varied styles and adapting to changing fashions, Chippendale designed an extensive range of furniture, carpets, wallpapers, and brassware, from the elaborate yet delicate for the homes of gentry, to the simple and unpretentious for their servants' quarters. In 1754 he published
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director which influenced style in Europe and America. Both Catherine the Great and Louis XVI had copies of the book. Chippendale's designs are in many distinguished houses, including Badminton, Harewood, and Alnwick castle. Probably his best work was after 1770, when he worked with Robert
Adam, a notoriously fastidious architect. Not highly regarded by his contemporaries and successors—
Sheraton said his designs were ‘wholly antiquated and laid aside’—Chippendale's name has come to typify 18th-cent. mahogany furniture.
June Cochrane
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National treasure For 250 years, Dumfries House - designed by the Adam brothers, furnished by Thomas Chippendale and owned by the earls of Bute - kept its glories to itself. But next week that's all about to change
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/31/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...seen the house and its unique Chippendale and Scottish furnishings, original...It boasts two breathtaking Chippendale mirrors, laced with gilt, with...the interior: the furniture by Thomas Chippendale and his Scottish contemporaries...
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Chippendale at Harewood House.(Thomas Chippendale)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2000; ; 619 words
; ...important commissions undertaken by Thomas Chippendale. In its present form the house...and the state bed designed by Chippendale was stored in a stable, where...exhibition entitled The Art of Thomas Chippendale: Master Furniture Maker...
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Chippendale at Harewood House. (Books about Antiques).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...which was "done" by Thomas Chippendale and after his death in 1779 by his son, also Thomas. The commission was the most lavish Chippendale ever received. It...entitled The Art of Thomas Chippendale Master Furniture Maker...
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Everywhere we look ... frequently asked questions: Chinese Chippendale chairs: they've been putting some fun in traditional interiors for 250 years. Now they're doing it in color.
Magazine article from: House Beautiful; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...was "invented" by English furniture designer Thomas Chippendale (the first non-monarch to have a style named...what's the difference between it and regular Chippendale? Thomas Chippendale was already famous for his elegant mahogany...
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Chippendale blueprint for makers of fine furniture.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 2/23/2008; 637 words
; THOMAS Chippendale was the most famous and skilled of...is a lot of awfully good pieces of Chippendale furniture that survive today but that are not directly attributable to Thomas Chippendale himself. He did not sign his work...
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Chippendale Chair Stamp Newest Addition to American Design Series; Postal Service's New 4-Cent Definitive Stamp Will be Dedicated At Postage Stamp Mega Event.
PR Newswire; 2/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...features a stylized treatment of a Chippendale chair made in Philadelphia between...U.S. Postal Service. The Chippendale style of furniture was named for the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), whose book...
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American Design Series Adds Chippendale Chair Stamp; Postal Service's New 4-Cent Definitive Stamp Dedicated at Postage Stamp Mega Event Attended by Preeminent Antiques Experts, Leigh and Leslie Keno.
PR Newswire; 3/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...issue ceremony for the 4-cent Chippendale Chair Definitive postage stamp...U.S. Postal Service. The Chippendale style of furniture was named for the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), whose book...
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WHAT'S IT WORTH ?: ; Chippendale's ideas embodied in chair
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 10/22/2000; ; 563 words
; ...Your chair is a very nice Chippendale-style piece of furniture. I say "style" because Thomas Chippendale, who lived from 1749 to 1822...they actually had been made by Thomas Chippendale, they would be worth many...
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A-Z index.(o8o studio, p.215 circle 76-Thomas Chippendale Furniture Ltd.)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 4/15/2004; 700+ words
; * o8o Studio, p.215 circle 76 1771 East 9th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605, PH: 813 247-5223, 866 254-7080, FAX: 813 224-9158, www.o8o.com CO Modern Classics, Denver, 303 744-8999 NM FaFa's Contemporary Furniture & Fine Arts, Taos, 505 788-8898 NY Minnesota Fats, New York, 212 366-6981 o8o studio is a
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Prince steps in with GBP 20m to save estate and Chippendale furniture for nation
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 6/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...capsule collection of original Chippendale and Scottish furnishings, commissioned...and is famous for the intact Chippendale furnishings bought when the house...first important commission of Thomas Chippendale, the world's most famous furniture...
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Thomas Chippendale
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Thomas Chippendale Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), an English cabinetmaker, was one of the most distinguished of all furniture designers. His "Director" was the first comprehensive design book for furniture ever to appear, and it remains...
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Chippendale, Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Chippendale, Thomas (1718–79). Cabinet...and adapting to changing fashions, Chippendale designed an extensive range of furniture...Louis XVI had copies of the book. Chippendale's designs are in many distinguished...
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chippendale
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
chippendale f. name of Thomas Chippendale , which belonged to three English cabinet- makers of XVIII.
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Chippendale
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Chip·pen·dale • adj. (of furniture) designed, made by, or in the style of English furniture-maker Thomas Chippendale (1718–79), whose pieces were neoclassical, with elements of French rococo and Gothic revival.
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Fashion; or, Life in New York
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...thorn in Mrs. Tiffany's side is brusque but honest Adam Trueman ( Mr. Chippendale), a fine specimen of Yankee integrity. Trueman is an old friend of Mr. Tiffany ( Thomas Barry ), a not entirely honest businessman, who is being blackmailed...
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