The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director

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Courier Corporation, 1 jan 1966 - 249 pagina's
Chippendale (1718?1779) was the most famous and skilled of England's master cabinet-makers. This catalogue ? reprinting the third 1762 edition ? represents the pinnacle of English furniture design, offering elegant drawings of chairs, sofas, breakfast tables, chimney pieces, and more. Includes construction diagrams, elevations, and enlargements. 200 plates plus 24 photos.
 

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Furniture-maker and designer, Thomas Chippendale was born in 1718 and baptized in Otley, West Yorkshire, England. Chippendale opened a furniture workshop in 1754, in St Martin's Lane, London, with a merchant named James Rannie. Famous for his graceful Neoclassical furniture, Chippendale worked mostly with mahogany wood, using Rococo, Chinese, Louis XVI, and Gothic Revival styles to create his masterpieces. In 1774, Chippendale wrote The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, which was considered the first comprehensive trade catalogue of its kind. Thomas Chippendale died in 1779.

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