China Case, 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: 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (31.8 x 21.2 cm)

Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.40.2(87)

Description

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

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