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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20th-C. Chinese Red Chippendale Style Tole Mirror And Console Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a wonderful set that can work from foyer to lanai. It is a Chinese chippendale style tole mirror and coordinating console table recently done in a Chinese red. The wooden top...
Metal
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
19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Red Lacquer Chest/Side Board
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful 19th century Chinese sideboard featuring a rich red lacquer finish and traditional handcrafted construction. This striking piece showcases clean architectural lines accen...
Elm
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
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
A fine and rare pair of 19th century Chinese Chippendale mahogany console tables
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine pair of 19th century Chinese Chippendale mahogany hand carved console tables with green marble tops.
Verde Antico Marble
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
Vintage Carved Fretwork Console Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exemplifying fine Chinese Chippendale and Gothic Revival craftsmanship, this mid-century console table features elaborate pierced fretwork across its rectangular frame. The table is ...
Wood
$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
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
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...
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
Chippendale Server, Mahogany & Walnut, Hand-Carved, Netherlands, 1780
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
Antique English Chinese Chippendale Console Table with Marble Top
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
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
$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
$2,025
H 22 in W 26.5 in D 26.5 in
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Red Lacquer Side Table with Woven Rattan Top
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period side table from the 19th century, with red lacquer, woven rattan top, horse hoof legs and waisted apron. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period...
Rattan, Wood
$3,080
H 33.3 in W 59.9 in D 16.3 in
19th Century Late Qing Dynasty Altar Table with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a gorgeous late Qing Dynasty Chinese altar table. Scroll ends carved with dragons and beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay on all sides, including top, back, legs and even inner r...
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
20th Century Ming Style Altar Console Table
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Ming style altar console table with waterfall edge and scrolled legs. Possibly newer lacquering, wear commensurate age and use.
Wood
Late 20th Century Victorian Style Mahogany Console Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 20th Century Victorian Style Mahogany Console Table measuring 48" in width, 16" in depth and 30" in height
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming-Style Black Lacquer Console Table
Located in Toluca Ter, CA
A substantial black lacquer console table, designed in a restrained Ming-style and produced in China c. 1930s. Measuring 74 inches wide, the table has a long, narrow profile with fou...
Brass
$1,925Sale Price|30% Off
H 29.5 in W 39 in D 20 in
Mid-20th C. Chinese Ming Style Sculptural Elm Altar Wine Table Hall Console 39"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid-century Chinese provincial elm altar table. Made from elm with clean architectural framing. The rectangular table top features thick inset yumu planks within a wide mitered bord...
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
Vintage Asian Sofa Console Table Alter Style Distressed Black Finish
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
Chippendale Pierced Leg Console
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine Chippendale carved mahogany side table with blind fret step work frieze decoration on pierced tapering legs with veneered mahogany top. Can be supplied with marble top if requ...
Mahogany
$2,850
H 31 in W 59.25 in D 20 in
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
Chinese Plank Top Shanxi Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial Chinese console table from the late 19th century sits with impressive proportions and timeless simplicity. The long table once resided in the main hall of a grand hom...
Elm
19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Console Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Chippendale Style Mahogany Console Table in good antique condition, featuring Cabriole legs termination with ball claw feet. Measures 31" in width", 12" in depth and 27...
Mahogany
$2,875
H 33 in W 39 in D 19 in
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Period Console Table with Carved Spandrels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period console table from the 19th century, with carved spandrels. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this c...
Wood
19th Century Chinese Elm Altar Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique late Qing period Chinese elm altar table. It features mitered mortise and tenon joinery construction, two deep drawers and carved spandrel corner supports on round, straight ...
Iron
20th Century Rococo Style Console
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A good quality Rococo style console, with carved cabriole legs and apron and a shaped top.
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Silver Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The Georgians knew that even a useful table deserved a little seduction. This English mahogany silver table from the late 19th century, looks back to the great galleried tables of th...
Mahogany
Sold
H 32 in W 50 in D 16.5 in
Chinese Chippendale Style Faux Tortoise & Grasscloth Rattan Console Tables Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of rattan console tables with Chinese Chippendale style console tables. They have grasscloth tops and a faux tortoise finish. They are unmarked and in very good condit...
Grasscloth, Rattan
Console Table faux bamboo Chinese Chippendale 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beathiful two tier Faux Bamboo console table ,comes with beveled glass tops ,and a Wicker tray below .Nutwood . Chinese Chippendale in style . American made by ''Riverside'' 1970s ....
Nutwood
Sold
H 30.2 in W 35 in D 19 in
Vintage Lynn Chase Jaguar Jungle Console Table, 20th Century Wood & Paint
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful and very rare Lynn Chase console. This piece is a red lacquered faux bamboo console table with hand painted jungle scenes. It is done in a Chinese Chippendale style. The tw...
Wood, Paint
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
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
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 Shanxi Province Elm Carved Side Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elm Carved Side Altar Table with Turned Legs Discover the exquisite craftsmanship of the Antique Shanxi Province Elm Carved Side Altar Table, a stunning piec...
Elm
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