Chippendale
Georgian era craftsman
Chippendale refers to an elegant 18th-century furniture style characterized by graceful lines, carved ornamentation, and cabriole legs, named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale: a Chippendale chair, antique Chippendale desk.
Separately, Chippendales (with the s) is a male striptease troupe known for muscular performers in bow ties and cuffs, making Chippendale shorthand for that aesthetic: He had that Chippendale dancer look.
Reddish-brown tropical lumber
- highboyTall legged dresser
- tallboyElevated chest of drawers
- armoireTall freestanding clothes cabinet
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
escritoire · bookcase · sideboard · breakfront · lowboy · commode · secretary · pediment
Excessively elaborate in style
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- chinoiserieWestern art imitating Eastern design
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
gilding · marquetry · carving · lattice · acanthus · scrollwork · tracery · japanning
Inherited family treasure
- patinaSurface film from aging
- restorationReturning something to condition
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- auctionCompetitive public sale
collectible · provenance · reproduction · refinishing · authentication · valuation · estate-sale · connoisseur
Muscular male eye candy
- bow-tieKnotted collar ornament
- cuffsSleeve or wrist bands
- muscleContractile body tissue
- revueMusical variety entertainment
performance · stage · choreography · entertainment · nightclub · troupe · calendars
mahogany
Reddish-brown tropical lumber
bureau · escritoire · bookcase · sideboard · breakfront · lowboy · commode · secretary · pediment · serpentine
rococo
Excessively elaborate in style
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- chinoiserieWestern art imitating Eastern design
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
ornamentation · gilding · marquetry · carving · lattice · acanthus · scrollwork · tracery · japanning · lacquerwork
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
- patinaSurface film from aging
- restorationReturning something to condition
- appraisalEstimation of worth
auction · collectible · provenance · reproduction · refinishing · authentication · valuation · estate-sale · connoisseur · craftsmanship
beefcake
Muscular male eye candy
revue · performance · stage · choreography · entertainment · nightclub · troupe · calendars
- 1700sMozart, Voltaire, colonial period, French Revolution, William III
- decor stylesmodern, contemporary, traditional, rustic, bohemian
- American furnitureShaker, colonial, Queen Anne, Windsor chair, highboy
- British antiquesWedgwood, Spode, Staffordshire, Victorian jewelry, jasperware
- chair stylesQueen Anne, Windsor, ladder back, Louis XVI, Sheraton
- Colonial Decorwainscoting, Windsor chairs, fireplace mantels, four-poster beds, grandfather clocks
Chippendaleminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
Shaker · IKEA · Bauhaus · mid-century modern · Danish modern
Chippendaleminimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
functionalism · simplicity · stark · restrained · spareness
- Chippendale furnitureOrnate 1750s English woodwork