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Thomas Chippendale

Yorkshire-born Thomas Chippendale is probably the most famous name associated with English cabinetmaking. Born in 1718, he established a successful workshop in Saint Martin’s Lane, supplying prestigious clients with fashionable furniture made from exotic woods for their grand London and Country houses.

His celebrated book of furniture designs from 1754 – The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker’s Director (popularly known as Chippendale’s Director) – was effectively the first furniture design catalogue allowing others to produce pieces in the same fashionable French-inspired style.


A sleeper in Sussex

26 April 1999

UK: A George III Chippendale style giltwood wall mirror with a swan neck and cartouche pediment, 7ft 10in high by 3ft 5in wide (2.39 x 1.04m) was consigned to Gorringes’ sale in Lewes on April 21 with expectations of £2500-3000 and sold to a telephone bidder at £22,000 plus 10 per cent premium.