Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

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

Published in: London

Date: 1753

Medium: Black ink, gray wash

Dimensions: sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (21.8 x 32.5 cm)

Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.40.2(37)

Description

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

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