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The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director
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Price Last Updated : 5-25-2012
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Features
Paperback: 249 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; 3 edition June 1, 1966
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486216012
ISBN-13: 978-0486216010
Product Dimensions:
12.2 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Reader Reviews
The ball and claw foot is perhaps the one thing most commonly associated with Chippendale, but it is omitted entirely since it had gone out of fashion by the time he wrote the book. Instead, he includes Rococo, Chinese, and Gothic designs. The Rococo designs are extremely heavily ornamented, and fashioned in the most outlandish curved shapes: if you ever thought Pablo Picasso and "modern art" was too far out, take a look at these! The ribbon back chairs struck me as a particularly interesting design. The Chinese designs are far more subdued, and most have a bit of a swastika motif built into them. The editor for the modern version has added an appendix with several photographs of original Chippendale era furniture (not necessarily built by Chippendale himself), including several chosen to show that it really was possible to build the more elaborate designs. This is perhaps the single most historically significant book on furniture design ever written, and no furniture library would be complete without it.
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The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director
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by Thomas Chippendale
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