Ribband Back Chairs

Thomas Chippendale

1754 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash · Drawings and Prints

Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate XVI in the 1754 and 1755 editions, and renumbered as plate XV in the 1762 edition. Designs for three chairs, whose backs are constructed from interwoven ribbon motifs and moldings.

Artist

Thomas Chippendale

Date

1754

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1972