This superb 18th century side chair successfully combines both gothic and rococo decoration, two of the predominant styles that informed The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director first published by Thomas Chippendale in 1754, pl. XII. The pattern of this chair follows almost exactly Chippendale's design issued in the first edition as pl. XII, and it proved to be one of his most popular and long-lived designs, be reproduced again, twice in the third edition of the Director in 1762, pls. XIII and XIV. The exceptional carving of this chair is of a quality commensurate with Chippendale's work.
Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director
For related chairs:
International Studio, September 1950, 'The Importance of English Chair Design', R.W. Symonds, p.46, fig 8
C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture - The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1983, pp 48 - 49,