Thomas Chippendale

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British cabinetmaker

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Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase

Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase

Drawing of a combined desk and bookcase, black ink and gray wash by Thomas Chippendale,...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1920, (20.40.2(32)), www.metmuseum.org

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