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Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase Drawing of a combined desk and bookcase, black ink and gray wash by Thomas Chippendale, 1753; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Thomas Chippendale

British cabinetmaker
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Baptized:
June 5, 1718, Otley, Yorkshire, England
Buried:
November 13, 1779, London
Movement / Style:
Georgian style
Neoclassical art
Rococo
Chippendale
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son Thomas Chippendale II
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Thomas Chippendale (baptized June 5, 1718, Otley, Yorkshire, England—buried November 13, 1779, London) was one of the leading cabinetmakers of 18th-century England and one of the most perplexing figures in the history of furniture. His name is synonymous with the Anglicized Rococo style. Nothing is known of Chippendale’s early life until his marriage to Catherine Redshaw in London in 1748. In 1753 he moved to St. Martin’s Lane, where he maintained his showrooms, workshops, and home for the rest of his life. In 1754 he published his celebrated Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director. This work was the most important collection of ...(100 of 616 words)

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