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Chippendale
[ chip-uhn-deyl ]
noun
- Thomas, 1718?–79, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
adjective
- of or in the style of Thomas Chippendale.
Chippendale
/ ˈtʃɪpənˌdeɪl /
noun
- ChippendaleThomas?17181779MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: cabinet-makerARTS AND CRAFTS: furniture designer Thomas. ?1718–79, English cabinet-maker and furniture designer
adjective
- (of furniture) designed by, made by, or in the style of Thomas Chippendale, characterized by the use of Chinese and Gothic motifs, cabriole legs, and massive carving
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There were the high, wide ones of Chippendale or Sheraton, that would almost fill one side of a room.
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The table and a few of the chairs looked like our spindle-legged Chippendale things.
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She sat as easily upright in the delicate Chippendale chair as though she had been born to it.
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She saw a pretty little hall, a bunch of roses in a vase on a Chippendale table, two or three closed doors.
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There was hardly a volume in the elegant Chippendale bookcases not similarly inscribed.
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