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22.09.2022 11:00 UTC +00:002022-09-22T11:00:00+02:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
London,
United Kingdom
Lot 226 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE DRESSING CHEST
Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779) 
Thomas Chippendale
05.06.1718 - 13.11.1779
United Kingdom
Thomas Chippendale was a cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director — the most important collection of furniture designs published in England to that point which created a mass market for furniture—upon which success he became renowned. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, «so influential were his designs, in Britain and throughout Europe and America, that "Chippendale" became a shorthand description for any furniture similar to his Director designs».