Fire Screens, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Artist: Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London)

Published in: London

Date: 1754

Medium: Black ink, gray ink, gray and lavender washes

Dimensions: sheet: 7 7/8 x 13 in. (20 x 33 cm)

Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.40.1(27)

Description

Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate CXXVII in the 1754 and 1755 editions, but not reprinted in 1762 edition.

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