Chippendale
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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“She recognized the quality of things. I was about to auction my mahogany Chippendale chairs, and I kept thinking, ‘Gee, they’re so beautiful,’” Lucci said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
April 17, 2024Quotes and actions from Spenny Tungate were misattributed to Brian Chippendale in an earlier version of this story.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The outfit didn’t evoke a fearless mustering of Real American patriots so much as a Chippendale dancer gone to seed.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024
No expense was spared, with furniture by Thomas Chippendale, landscaping by famed garden designer Capability Brown and portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023
He found the Chinese Palm Court, complete with not only live palm trees but high white-plastered rococo ceilings, marble columns, delicate hand-painted Asian wall murals, and Chippendale furniture.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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