A chair associated with the designer Thomas Chippendale is which style?

A chair associated with the designer Thomas Chippendale is which style?

• A. English Queen Anne
• B. Thomas Chippendale
• C. American Queen Anne
• D. Queen Anne Windsor

Answer: (B)

Chippendale chairs carry the designer’s name because Thomas Chippendale published a pattern book that defined a distinctive English furniture look in the mid-1700s. When a chair is tied to him, it’s described as the Chippendale style (often called Thomas Chippendale style), reflecting the specific carving, curves, and sometimes Chinese influences he popularized. This is different from Queen Anne, which is an earlier English/American style with its own proportions and legs, and from Windsor forms. So the chair associated with Thomas Chippendale is best described as the Chippendale style.

Chippendale chairs carry the designer’s name because Thomas Chippendale published a pattern book that defined a distinctive English furniture look in the mid-1700s. When a chair is tied to him, it’s described as the Chippendale style (often called Thomas Chippendale style), reflecting the specific carving, curves, and sometimes Chinese influences he popularized. This is different from Queen Anne, which is an earlier English/American style with its own proportions and legs, and from Windsor forms. So the chair associated with Thomas Chippendale is best described as the Chippendale style.