London-based cabinet maker and furniture desinger, Thomas Chippedale created the iconic Chippendale chair in the mid-18th century. He became immensely famous for his detailed mahogany furniture that can be found in castles, museums and fine homes throughout the world. According to Wikepedia, Christopher Gilbert – an American poet – “was able to identify in 1978 from among over sixty known clients twenty-six documented commissions where surviving furniture by Chippendale could be identified, much of it still in the aristocratic houses for which it was made.”
Chippedale’s furniture designs are still popular some 250 years later and fall into three main styles – Gothic, Rococo and Chinese. It’s his chair I am crazy for and in particular, the Chinese Chippendale. This decorative chair is known for having a pagoda roofline, dragon motifs and flipped up ears on the top. The chair’s body has fretwork, a stretcher for carving and a drop in seat with an exposed wooden apron. Its legs are square in section, on block feet.
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