Writing table
ca. 1760
Medium
Mahogany, leather, gilt bronze
Dimensions
30 3/4 × 71 1/2 × 41 1/2 in. (78.1 × 181.6 × 105.4 cm)
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Irwin Untermyer Gift and Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 1971
Accession Number
1971.145
About the Artist
Thomas Chippendale · 1718–1779
Thomas Chippendale, baptized on June 5, 1718, in Otley, Yorkshire, was born into a family steeped in woodworking traditions, the only child of joiner John Chippendale and Mary Drake. His father likely provided his initial hands-on training in cabinetmaking, supplemented by time in the workshop of York joiner Richard Wood, before Chippendale relocated to London around 1749. He married Catherine Red...