We are delighted to announce that the Society has acquired six previously unknown furniture drawings, two attributed to Thomas Chippendale senior and four to Thomas Chippendale junior. The drawings were bought from London dealer Thomas Heneage and came originally from an album of drawings in a collection in Canada. The …
The Chairman and Committee of the Chippendale Society regret to announce the death on 4 March 2020, of Simon Redburn, at his home in New York, USA. He was a loyal and longstanding member of the Society and one of its most constant benefactors. He had long been battling with …
The current health emergency has forced the Society to cancel all meetings and events up to the end of July. The trip to Tatton Park and Tabley House, 7 May, is cancelled. The Annual Dinner, 2 June, is cancelled. The Study Day at Everingham Park, 11 June is cancelled. The …
A SETTEE AND TWO CHAIRS FROM FOREMARKE HALL This sofa and its matching armchairs are part of a suite made for Sir Robert Burdett (1716-1797), 4th Baron Bramcote, of Foremarke Hall in Derbyshire, in 1766. This little known Chippendale commission has gained importance as the furniture, dispersed in 1939, …
Earlier this year these pier tables and glasses which form part of Chippendale’s important Harewood commission were allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum under a scheme in which owners can offer treasures in lieu of inheritance tax. Thanks to this scheme they will now remain on display in the …