See Also: Chippendale, Thomas(encyclopedia)
Chippendale(dictionary)
Chippendale(dictionary)
Chippendale style(encyclopedia)
St Thomas(dictionary)
More, Sir Thomas(dictionary)
Kyd, Thomas(encyclopedia)
thomas(medicine)
Thomas, R S(dictionary)
Thomas(2)(dictionary)

Chippendale, Thomas (sh)




(baptized June 5, 1718, Otley, Eng.
died November 1779, London) English cabinetmaker.

Little is known of his life before 1753, when he opened a showroom and workshop in London. In 1754 he published The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, a popular collection of designs illustrating almost every type of domestic furniture. The designs were mostly his improvements on already existing styles. Though much 18th-century furniture is attributed to him, only a few pieces can be assigned with certainty to his workshop. See also Chippendale style.