Featured Happy Birthday Thomas Chippendale

Born in Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire in England on the 5th of June 1718, Thomas Chippendale Senior became Britain’s most iconic, some would say pre-eminent cabinetmaker and decorator.
Christies is having a sale July 5th in London with pieces attributed to him, here is a sofa
DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, 1765
More stuff at the link
https://christies.com/salelanding/index.aspx?intsaleid=27986&lid=1&saletitle=

 

...sigh

 

????? What, to over the top?

 

No, that was a covetous sigh!

 

Happy Birthday Thomas Chippendale.

 

Ohhhh, ok, some are put off by rococo furniture in general and it's not in fashion these days, that's for sure. Some say Chippendale is just queen anne with a lot of carving slathered all over it but i don't think that's correct. I don't think it can be denied that he had a major impact on the furniture world as we still talk about his stuff 300 years later.

 

A 3 min video talking about some of his pieces below



https://www.christies.com/features/...-Winn-Commode-9272-3.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9272