单词 | chippendale |
释义 | Chippendaleadj.n. A. adj. 1. Designating an elegant style of ornamental furniture popularized in the pattern books of the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718–79); designed by or in the style of Thomas Chippendale. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally standing1444 plush1615 Queen Elizabeth1673 occasional1749 Adametic1774 French-polished1836 upholstered1837 Adamish1838 Chippendale1855 Queen Anne1863 knock-down1875 Wellington chest1880 Adamesque1881 Sheraton1883 Hepplewhite1897 quaint1897 bombé1904 lowboy1915 Jacobean1918 overstuffed1922 spool1928 Williamsburg1931 thermed1952 stackable1958 Scandinavian1959 wall-to-wall1959 Populuxe1986 1855 Art-Jrnl. Feb. 60/1 The decorative furniture, wainscot fittings, &c., of Chippendale, a well-known old English upholsterer and wood-carver, are in similar taste, and amongst workmen this variety of ornament is, indeed, often called the Chippendale style. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 14 Spindle-legged Chippendale tables. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) xxx. 345 The family portraits are all around me... There are the Chippendale chairs and the tall clock and the gate-legged table. All these objects are very consoling. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 46 At the foot of the four-poster, the seat of a Chippendale sofa had been so carefully straightened that sitting down would have seemed a desecration. 2. Designating a style of bookplate popular in the eighteenth cent., comprising an asymmetric shield within a cartouche of shellwork surrounded by leaves and flowers; of or relating to this style. ΚΠ 1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates iv. 28 The Chippendale style, which is the leading artistic fashion on English ex-libris after 1750. 1903 Bk.-auction Rec. 1 368 Each volume had Chippendale ex-libris. 1913 Daily Tel. 9 May 7/4 Most of the books..have Pennant's fine Chippendale armorial book plate. 2012 Boston Globe 20 May g6 Topping the plates being sold are two signed Chippendale armorial plates engraved by Paul Revere. B. n. A piece of Chippendale furniture; Chippendale furniture collectively. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > types of furniture generally > piece of encoignure1848 Chippendale1875 unit1899 Victorian1905 island1932 sectional1961 1875 M. Oliphant in Graphic Christmas No. 4/2 The chair upon which Mrs. Tremenheere sat was an elegant Chippendale. 1897 Aberdeen Jrnl. & Daily Advertiser 25 June 1/2 (advt.) Notice... Antique furnisher..has Returned from the South with a Large Collection of Chippendale. 1961 M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) i. 12 Your son will be careful with this chest, won't he? It's a Chippendale I'm rather fond of. 2014 Irish Independent (Nexis) 20 June 7 The average punter is unlikely to buy a genuine Chippendale for a fiver. That's because the auctioneers know their business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.n.1855 |
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