China table

Thomas Chippendale

ca. 1755 · Mahogany · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This table, with its exquisite carving, delicate pierced gallery, and graceful curving stretchers, is close to a design by the celebrated English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) in his influential Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director (1754).

Artist

Thomas Chippendale

Date

ca. 1755

Medium

Mahogany

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964