Like chinoiserie, which had emerged in Europe in the 17th century, antique Chinese Chippendale furniture was an appropriation of Asian design that often distilled it to stereotypes.
Thomas Chippendale published The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director in 1754, and the widespread popularity of the book of furniture designs influenced a new style of furniture named for the English cabinetmaker. Artisans in England, the United States and Europe adapted the work illustrated in its pages. The publication of the pattern book included designs reflecting “Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste,” with illustrations of “Chinese” chairs and cabinets featuring elaborate hand-carved latticework.
Pagoda-shaped flourishes and wood painted in the “japanned” finish that mimicked lacquer were common on these pieces, as were fretwork patterns on chair backs. The back of a chair is the easiest way to distinguish between Gothic, Rococo and Chinese Chippendale chairs, all of which typically feature broad seats and luxurious upholstery. Chippendale’s designs for “Chinese” chairs tend to favor more clean lines and less ornamentation than the other styles, with cutouts in the rails and the fretwork on the back evoking a European ideal of East Asian design.
Dark woods such as walnut and solid mahogany were commonly used, as were bamboo turnings. Cabinets for imported Chinese ceramics frequently were adorned with glazing bars, while small tea tables were detailed with angular fretwork. The style remained popular through the 18th century and into the decades that followed, even inspiring an entire room at Buckingham Palace.
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Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Console, Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Chinese Export Console in Bamboo, Chinese Chippendale Style, known for its blend of Eastern latticework and Western decorative sensibilities. The table features a patinated bam...
Bamboo
18th Century Chinese Walnut Altar Table
Located in Miami, FL
Walnut double-faced Ming style classic altar table from Shanshi. Circa 18th century.
Bamboo, Elm
1990s Gordons Fine Furniture Asian Design Fruitwood Burl Console Sofa Table
Located in Germantown, MD
1990s Gordons Fine Furniture Asian design fruitwood burl console table/ sofa table. A pair Asian design fruitwood burl side tables by Gordon's F...
Brass
Chinese Chippendale Style Parcel Gilt Walnut Console / Sofa Table
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very stately Chinese Chippendale style walnut and parcel gilt console or sofa table. It’s very traditional, but the parcel gilt and Chinese Chippendale fret work give the p...
Walnut
Dutch 18th Century Mahogany and Walnut Server
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This stunning Chippendale-style mahogany and walnut server, circa 1780, is from the Netherlands and has gorgeous grain patterns maintained by a French paste wax polish. It features a...
Mahogany, Walnut
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
Walnut, Burl
Chippendale Style Console Table with Hoof Feet
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GORGEOUS early 20th Century Chippendale Style Console Table with Hoof Feet, of neat proportions. From circa 1900-20, this...
Mahogany
Hollywood Regency Chinese Chippendale Faux Bamboo Brass Console Sofa Table Spain
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous 8 leg faux bamboo sofa table with a brass tray top. Black enamel with brass caps atop each leg. Stretchers cross on both bottom and top sections creating X-stretchers. Would...
Brass
$2,636Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Chippendale Console Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Mahogany, Hardwood
$8,625Sale Price|25% Off
18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Console Table
Located in Savannah, GA
Classic English Chinese Chippendale mahogany side table with molded top. The banded apron frieze is decorated with chinoiserie fretwork and the upper legs feature pierced corner brac...
Mahogany
Antique English Chinese Rosewood Console or Writing Desk Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a beautiful Antique English Chinese Rosewood Console or Writing Desk Table. all hand carved with Dragons a foliage, to the front apron and to the sides. The elegant legs are ...
Rosewood
Vintage Council Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Console Table
By Councill
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a finely crafted Mahogany Console by Council. Made by Council, it has fretwork on the legs connectors and lace along the skirt of the table. The legs are made in the Chippen...
Mahogany
$3,920Sale Price|20% Off
7ft Chinese Chippendale Console or Bar
Located in Pasadena, TX
Exquisite mid century Chinese Chippendale style console table in rich mahogany with three drawers. Decorative Chinese symbols on the drawers and apron. Use as a hall console or a bar...
Mahogany
Ivory Lacquered Chinese Chippendale Style Console Table
Located in Southampton, NY
Ivory lacquered Chinese Chippendale style console table One Knick on side rail otherwise very good condition. Light wear to the top. ...
Lacquer
Console Table Chinese Black Lacquer with Chinoiserie Gilded 19th Century China
Located in New York, NY
Console Table Chinese Black Lacquer with Chinoiserie Gilded 19th Century China. Sideboard made in China in black lacquer with painted gilded details...
An Asian style marble top ebonized console table circa 1950.
By James Mont
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Asian style marble top ebonized console table circa 1950 in the manner of James Mont. The finish on this table has been recently polished and it is in spectacular condition! Ready to...
Marble
Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Green Marble Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Chinese Chippendale-style (Late 19th Century) mahogany console table with green marble top and fretwork carved frieze centered with a floral garland tablet.
Marble
$2,495
H 28.25 in W 51.75 in D 17 in
Modern Console Sofa Table Travertine & Brass Plate with Glass Top Style Artedi
By Artedi
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning modern travertine base sofa or console table with asymmetrical rectangular tubes and new ½ inch beveled rectangular glass top in the style of Artedi. Beautiful condition, ke...
Travertine, Metal, Brass
$4,850
H 26.25 in W 60 in D 20 in
Console / Sofa Table in Brass and Glass by Design Institute of America, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Console / Sofa / Hall Table in brass and glass by Design Institute of America (DIA), 1970s. Striking design in which the original glass inserts into the brass frames with a screw on ...
Brass
18th Century Walnut Console from the Emilia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-18th century walnut console from the Emilia.
Walnut
Walnut Six-Legged Console Table on Tapered Legs Parzinger Style
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern rectangular walnut console table on six tapered legs with higher wood accents.
Walnut
18th Century American Walnut Tavern Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A particularly fine Tavern Table with a soft overall feel and excellent color. With a plank constructed overhanging top with dowels and bread board ends. The plain apron with one lon...
Walnut
Karl Springer Style Sculptural Console Sofa Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Resin
19th Century Chinese Elmwood Altar Table
Located in Houston, TX
A striking 19th-century Chinese Alter table (Qiaotou'an), handcrafted from solid elmwood (Yumu) with a rich, naturally weathered patina. This piece exemplifies the refined Ming-styl...
Elm
$2,990
H 32.5 in W 40 in D 25.5 in
19th Century Qing Dynasty Altar Console Table with Distressed Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron, humpback stretchers, straight cylindrical legs and distressed dark brown / red lacquer. Th...
Wood
$2,295
H 31.5 in W 61.5 in D 14.5 in
Asian Chinoiserie Distressed Black Finish Alter Style Sofa Console Table
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome Asian chinoiserie alter style sofa or console table with a lovely distressed black finish. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have...
Wood, Paint
Paul Frankl Cork Console Table for Johnson Furniture Co.
By Johnson Furniture Company, Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Frankl’s cork furniture pieces are among his longest lasting contributions to American modernism- and are highly sought after to this day. This cork top console table designed f...
Oak, Cork
Chinese Altar Table in a Distressed Finish
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
The condition for our Chinese Altar table seems to be too nice for it to have any real ago, although the distressing does give this Chinese altar table or could be used as a console ...
Wood
$2,875
H 34 in W 42 in D 28 in
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Altar Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table from the 19th century, with carved apron and side stretchers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar console table fea...
Wood
Sold
H 34.26 in W 57.09 in D 24.02 in
19th century Chinese Chippendale Style Wooden Table Console, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice late 19th-century Chinese Chippendale-style console table featuring three generously sized drawers with metal handles. This elegant and charming lacquered console table re...
Wood
Antique Chinese Bamboo Alter Table With Chippendale Fretwork
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century Chinese bamboo alter table with ebonized wood top. It has elaborate scrolled fretwork. It has age appropriate wear. Shipping is running two to five weeks.
Bamboo, Ebony
Sold
H 26.25 in W 52 in D 16 in
Hickory Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Fretwork Console Table Stool Set - 3 pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hickory Chinese Chippendale Style Mahogany Fretwork Console Table Stool Set - 3 pc Set. Listing includes a banded top stretcher base ha...
Mahogany
Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Console, Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Chinese Export Console in bamboo Chinese Chippendale Style. Standing on two rectangular shaped legs constituted by vertical sticks linked together. Rare altar table / console table made of bamboo. Apron and legs with a decor of geometrical Chinese openwork...
Bamboo
Chinese Elm Console Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Elm Console Table, with four drawers. 31.5" H x 48.5" W x 13" D. Provenance: From a Christopher Street collection.
Elm
English Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Serving Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
George III Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Serving Table. English. Table has a rectangular top with carved molded edge in the Chinese Chippen...
Mahogany
Blind Fret Painted Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A grey limestone finished console table with fretwork and accented with a molded carving apron and two hidden drawers on each side. Raised on six tapered legs with detailed carved mo...
Wood
Sold
H 33.5 in W 22 in D 65 in
Minton Spidell Chinese Chippendale Walnut Lyford Console Table Sideboard Buffet
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Minton Spidell Lyford Console or sideboard table. Made of walnut featuring Chinese Chippendale and serpentine styling. Minton-Spidell has been handcrafting beautiful furniture in Los Angeles...
Walnut
Chinese Chippendale Style Lacquered Console by Minton-Spidell
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand lacquered console table featuring an aged, intentionally distressed patina by Minton-Spidell artisans in Los Angeles, CA. The large table is crafted from a thick, solid plank h...
Wood
Monumental Chinese Chippendale Bamboo Console, Altar Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large Chinese console in lacquered bamboo standing on two rectangular shaped legs constituted by vertical sticks linked together. Rare altar tabl...
Bamboo
18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Style Console Table
By Thomas Chippendale Jr.
Located in Dallas, TX
A large 18th century English Chinese Chippendale style console table has a beautiful solid mahogany top. It is wonderfully decorated on...
Mahogany
Sold
H 28 in W 53.75 in D 16.75 in
1960s Chinese Chippendale Style Console Table and Leopard Ottomans by Kindel
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a set that pushes all of the buttons. It is by Kindel. The set is carved mahogany with Chinese Chippendale styling. The ottomans are newly upholstered in leopard. They measur...
Upholstery, Mahogany