WHAT'S IT WORTH ?: ; Chippendale's ideas embodied in chair

Charleston Gazette | October 22, 2000| | Copyright

Q. This chair is part of a set of six chairs and a table with two leaves. It belonged to my wife's aunt, who acquired it from her mother, Elizabeth Sperry. My wife inherited these pieces. I believe this set was made by Chippendale. - Chris R. Christoff, Los Osos, Calif. A. Your chair is a very nice Chippendale-style piece of furniture.

I say "style" because Thomas Chippendale, who lived from 1749 to 1822, was one of our most influential furniture designers and a man whose ideas and drawings crossed the Atlantic soon after the publication of his book, "The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's ...

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