Chippendale Chairs
Late 18th Century American Antique Chippendale Chairs
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Antique Chippendale Chairs
Upholstery, Oak
20th Century English Chippendale Chairs
Hardwood
1780s American Antique Chippendale Chairs
Walnut
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century American Antique Chippendale Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Wood
Mid-18th Century American Antique Chippendale Chairs
Rush, Maple
Early 1900s Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Wood
20th Century English Chippendale Chairs
Upholstery, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Chairs
Upholstery, Wood, Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
17th Century Italian Antique Chippendale Chairs
Beech
1920s British Vintage Chippendale Chairs
Walnut, Upholstery
Early 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Wood
1930s English Vintage Chippendale Chairs
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Chippendale Chairs
Chippendale chairs are named after furniture maker and interior designer Thomas Chippendale. His celebrated body of work has never lost its appeal — the Englishman is renowned all over the world for having designed superb furniture in numerous styles.
Chippendale became famous worldwide after the publication of his pattern book The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director during the mid-1700s. The book was immediately very important for furniture design — it sold very well and was inclusive of nearly every known furniture type at the time. A detail-oriented thinker who designed furnishings that integrated French Rococo, Gothic and Neoclassical styles, Chippendale was also influenced by Chinese design.
Some Chippendale chairs, with their broad, square seat frames, feature artistically bold seat backs with carved patterns and pointed arches. The chairs are supported by elegantly curved legs, often ending with lion’s paw-shaped feet. Imported mahogany was the preferred wood with respect to meticulously carved details of this kind. Original Chippendale chairs, which were likely built by carvers and cabinet-makers who worked in Thomas Chippendale's workshop, are highly valued by collectors and can be difficult to find in today's marketplace.
On 1stDibs, shop authentic Chippendale furniture and Chippendale-style-inspired chairs, including the Chippendale side chair and the Chippendale wingback chair.