# The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director

- By: Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779)
- By: T. Becket & P. A. de Hondt (British)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Philip A. Uhde in memory of his father, Frederick C. Uhde
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.80)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2019.80/2019.80_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.