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The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779)
publisher T. Becket & P. A. de Hondt (British)
1762
- Medium
- Paper, leather
- Classification
- Bound Volume
- Dimensions
- 47.9 x 30.5 x 6 cm (18 7/8 x 12 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- Britain
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of Philip A. Uhde in memory of his father, Frederick C. Uhde
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Through his designs for furniture and architectural elements, Thomas Chippendale became one of the most influential tastemakers of the 1700s. He published three editions of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754, 1755, and 1762), which sold widely in Britain, Ireland, and America. This rare French version of the third edition demonstrates his effort to spread his designs for both naturalistic and neoclassical decoration even wider across Europe.
