The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director / Thomas Chippendale.
By: Chippendale, Thomas.
Material type:
BookPublisher: New York : Dover, 1966Edition: 3rd ed.Description: various pagings : ill. ; 31 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0486216012.Subject(s): Furniture design
DDC classification: 749.2
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 749.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00086454 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Full reprint of 1762 style book with 200 plates plus 24 photos.
Reprint of the third edition with a biographical sketch and photographic supplement of Chippendale-type furniture.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
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.
(Bowker Author Biography)