chippendale(n = noun.person) thomas chippendale - a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779);
is a kind of cabinetmaker, furniture maker
Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by
"It must be clearly and unmistakably understood, then, that, whenever painted (that is to say, decorated with painted enrichment) or inlaid furniture is described as Chippendale, no matter where or by whom, it is a million chances to one that the description is incorrect." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
chippendale, adj.
1 (of furniture) designed or made by the English cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779).
2 in the ornately elegant style of Chippendale's furniture.