Chippendale

[ chip-uhn-deyl ]

noun
  1. Thomas, 1718?–79, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.

adjective
  1. of or in the style of Thomas Chippendale.

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How to use Chippendale in a sentence

  • There were the high, wide ones of Chippendale or Sheraton, that would almost fill one side of a room.

    The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore
  • The table and a few of the chairs looked like our spindle-legged Chippendale things.

    Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Marchant
  • She sat as easily upright in the delicate Chippendale chair as though she had been born to it.

  • She saw a pretty little hall, a bunch of roses in a vase on a Chippendale table, two or three closed doors.

    December Love | Robert Hichens
  • There was hardly a volume in the elegant Chippendale bookcases not similarly inscribed.

    Prose Fancies | Richard Le Gallienne

British Dictionary definitions for Chippendale

Chippendale

/ (ˈtʃɪpənˌdeɪl) /


noun
  1. Thomas. ?1718–79, English cabinet-maker and furniture designer

adjective
  1. (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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