China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale British

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Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXVIII in the 1754 and 1755 editions, renumbered as plate CXLII in the 1762 edition.

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

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20.40.2(91); blue paper page 205

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II, Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

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