CC0 · no rights reserved
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762. Thomas Chippendale (British, 1718–1779), T. Becket & P. A. de Hondt (British). Paper, leather; 47.9 x 30.5 x 6 cm (18 7/8 x 12 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Philip A. Uhde in memory of his father, Frederick C. Uhde, 2019.80
Similar works
Album containing the third part of the oeuvre of Charles le Brun
Memoirs, Serving to Clarify Events During the Last English War
Collection atlas with depictions of France
Cash Book of Photographer Johan Wouters for the Years 1889–1896
Flower Basket
Album with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century prints, mainly ornamental designs by Jean Lepautre