Thomas Chippendale Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) 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".The designs are regarded as representing the current British fashion for furniture of that period and are now reproduced globally. He was buried 16 November 1779, according to the records of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in the cemetery since built upon by the National Gallery. Chippendale furniture is much valued; a padouk cabinet that was offered for auction during 2008 sold for £2,729,250. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chippendale

Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

   title: Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1920

Desk (bonheur du jour)

   title: Desk (bonheur du jour)
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1929

The General Proportion of the Tuscan Order, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

   title: The General Proportion of the Tuscan Order, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1920

The General Proportion of the Doric Order, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

   title: The General Proportion of the Doric Order, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1920

Ribband Back Chairs

   title: Ribband Back Chairs
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1972

Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

   title: Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II
   department: Drawings and Prints
   accessionYear: 1920

Side chair (one of a pair)

   title: Side chair (one of a pair)
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1964

Writing table