Guide to Furniture Styles from Connected Lines

The Chippendale style is named after British designer and cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale who published his furniture designs in "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director" in 1754. The Chippendale style can be classified into three types: French influence, Chinese influence and Gothic influence. In the United States, the Chippendale style was a more elaborate development of the Queen Anne style with cabriole legs, ball-and-claw foot, and broken pediment scroll top on tall case pieces.

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Appearance: Graceful and refined.

Chair Arms: Slight outward curve.; Arms are straight with a simple turning or are flat.

Chair Back Material: Upholstered; Wood

Chair Back Shape: Ladderback or slatback - horizontal flat slats, either straight or curved.; Lattice splat - openwork or decorative carving of crossed strips of wood, often oriental in appearance.; Pierced splat - carved or pierced central splat.

Chair Leg: Cabriole; Cabriole with decorative carving, usually on the knee.; Straight

Chair Seat Material: Upholstered; Wood

Chair Seat Shape: Horseshoe with a rounded or serpentine front.; Square.; Trapezoid - straight with outward flare.

Drawer Pull: Bat wing shaped solid or pierced cast brass back plate with bail handle.; Loop bail handle without a back plate.; Mushroom-shaped brass knob.

Fabric: Brocade; Hair cloth; Leather; Needlepoint; Silk; Tapestry; Velvet

Finish: Oil varnish; Wax

Foot: Ball and claw - carved claw grasping a ball.; Bracket - angular curved foot, usually used with case pieces.; Continuation of leg.; Paw or claw- carved animal paw or claw

Hardware Material

Brass

Wood

Joint: Dovetail

Line: Cyma or S-Curve; Straight lines

Motif: Acanthus leaf; Lattice; Oriental patterns; Ribbon; Rose; Scroll; Shell; Urn

Ornamentation: Carving - cutting or chipping shapes or design.; Finial - decorative turning fixed to the tops of cabinets, highboys, chair, and bed posts.; Fretwork - decorative carving or openwork with interlacing lines.; Oriental lacquerwork

Proportion: Moderate dimensions

Resembles: Adam; Colonial; Georgian; Hepplewhite; Oriental; Queen Anne; Rococo; Sheraton

Underbracing: Limited usage.

Upholstery: Upholstery on many seating pieces and chair arms and backs.

Wood: Cherry; Mahogany

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