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China table

Designer After a design by Thomas Chippendale British
ca. 1755
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512
This table, with its exquisite carving, delicate pierced gallery, and graceful curving stretchers, is close to a design by the celebrated English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) in his influential Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director (1754).

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  • Title: China table
  • Designer: After a design by Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)
  • Date: ca. 1755
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Mahogany
  • Dimensions: Overall: 28 1/4 × 37 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (71.8 × 95.9 × 67.3 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1099
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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