Chinese Chippendale

American  

noun

1. (especially in furniture) an English rococo style using Chinese or quasi-Chinese motifs.

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Chinese Chippendale British  

noun

1. 1. a branch of Chippendale style in which Chinese styles and motifs are used

   2. ( as modifier )

      a Chinese Chippendale cabinet

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Etymology

Origin of Chinese Chippendale

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

But he added Chinese Chippendale railings and some French touches.”

From Architectural Digest • Dec. 21, 2009

In décors, she has been equally exacting; she spent twenty years searching for some eighteenth-century Chinese Chippendale wall paper of which she originally possessed a fragment.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 1929

In London, Sotheby's sold a set of seven Chinese Chippendale mahogany dining chairs for $4,480, up 50% since last February.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were, also, "ladder backs," and the Chinese Chippendale chairs, with lattice work open carved and extending over entire backs.

From The Art of Interior Decoration by Wood, Grace

"That," the shopman answered, the pride of knowledge shining in his eyes, "is Chinese Chippendale."

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot