Chippendale Chairs
2010s American Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Early 1900s Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Chippendale Chairs
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Chippendale Chairs
Upholstery, Oak
20th Century English Chippendale Chairs
Wood, Mahogany, Upholstery
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Early 1900s Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Wood
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
1970s French Vintage Chippendale Chairs
Faux Bamboo
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Wood, Fabric
Late 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century Portuguese Antique Chippendale Chairs
Straw, Wood
19th Century Portuguese Antique Chippendale Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
18th Century Irish Antique Chippendale Chairs
Fabric, Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
1890s Antique Chippendale Chairs
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Chippendale Chairs
Leather, Wood
19th Century British Antique Chippendale Chairs
Velvet, 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.