chippendale
IPA: tʃˈɪpʌdeɪɫ
Root Word: Chippendale
noun
- (attributive) A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on.
- (attributive) A style of rococo bookplate.
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Examples of "chippendale" in Sentences
- I wouldn't however go and see anything with this chippendale in it.
- And the headless chippendale, but I think that has been pointed out.
- I am completely infatuated with bamboo/ Chinese chippendale style chairs.
- If you ever played WoW the moonkin dance is themed after his chippendale skit on SNL. slavestrike
- His troops set fire to the buildings, shelled the penthouses and carted off chippendale furniture by the wagonload.
- Nina has kicked off the group with a couple amazing projects of her own like this Chinese chippendale chair featuring the foliage design and the amazing wingback chair at top featuring the raindrops design.
- They stepped into a square room, comfortably furnished, with deep arm-chairs, and a large chippendale writing-table which stood at right angles to the bow window, so placed that anyone writing at it should have the light upon his left.
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