Chinese Chairs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale

1753 · Black ink, gray ink and gray wash · Drawings and Prints

Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate XXIII in the 1754 and 1755 editions. The plate is reworked and renumbered as plate XXVII in the 1762 edition. In the new version the arm chair on the right (left in the print) is left unaltered, while the chair back of the chair in the middle is changed and the chair on the left (right in the print) is changed completely.

Artist

Thomas Chippendale

Date

1753

Medium

Black ink, gray ink and gray wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1920