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/ˈtʃɪpəˌdeɪɫ/
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NOUN
- a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
How To Use Chippendale In A Sentence
- From the plain, stately pieces of Queen Anne the public turned to the rococo French designs of early Chippendale, then tiring of that, veered back to classic lines, as done by the Adam brothers, and so on, from heavy Chippendale to the overlight and perishable The Art of Interior Decoration
- The whooping and calling from an enthusiastic audience was reminiscent of a Chippendales' performance on a good night.
- Attributions are based largely on four documented sets of Chippendale style chairs and a tripod table.
- In 1917 a later owner added a Chinese Chippendale porch with a Shanghai mansard roof.
- Imagine an entryway with a mahogany long case clock that has swan neck pediments and Chippendale columns at the trunk.
- The grade-A listed building is filled with Georgian furniture, including a mahogany dining table, a rosewood sideboard, a Chippendale mirror, four Chippendale chairs covered in red damask and two Hepplewhite armchairs.
- Those with reason to visit the factory are told to walk past the Boundless Grounds coffee shop, which perfumes the air with fresh coffee and chili, and past Fritz's prize-winning high school Chippendale secretary at the front of the antiques mall, a cluttered maze of 35 open booths, overflowing with handmade quilts, old Life magazines, funky '50s barware and vintage furniture. Against the grain: Keith Fritz left the path to the priesthood to create divine furniture
- The characteristic styles of great architects and designers may be seen clearly reflected - Chippendale, Sheraton, Adam and Hepplewhite.
- Then Walter Jacob described how he and his brother had constructed a Philadelphia Chippendale style high - boy from a walnut tree for the tree's owner.
- His contribution included immeasurably enhancing the collections of metalwork and adding one of the masterpieces of English furniture, Thomas Chippendale's writing table made for Harewood House.