The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director – the book that made Chippendale’s name

Much of Thomas Chippendale’s renown is thanks to his forward-thinking approach to business in the first decades of consumerism – and in particular the creation of a pioneering catalogue of furniture designs in the style of the great architectural books of the period.

It was The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director, first published in 1754, that made his name and…

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