Like chinoiserie, which had emerged in Europe in the 17th century, antique Chinese Chippendale furniture was an appropriation of Asian design that often distilled it to stereotypes.
Thomas Chippendale published The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director in 1754, and the widespread popularity of the book of furniture designs influenced a new style of furniture named for the English cabinetmaker. Artisans in England, the United States and Europe adapted the work illustrated in its pages. The publication of the pattern book included designs reflecting “Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste,” with illustrations of “Chinese” chairs and cabinets featuring elaborate hand-carved latticework.
Pagoda-shaped flourishes and wood painted in the “japanned” finish that mimicked lacquer were common on these pieces, as were fretwork patterns on chair backs. The back of a chair is the easiest way to distinguish between Gothic, Rococo and Chinese Chippendale chairs, all of which typically feature broad seats and luxurious upholstery. Chippendale’s designs for “Chinese” chairs tend to favor more clean lines and less ornamentation than the other styles, with cutouts in the rails and the fretwork on the back evoking a European ideal of East Asian design.
Dark woods such as walnut and solid mahogany were commonly used, as were bamboo turnings. Cabinets for imported Chinese ceramics frequently were adorned with glazing bars, while small tea tables were detailed with angular fretwork. The style remained popular through the 18th century and into the decades that followed, even inspiring an entire room at Buckingham Palace.
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Tall Carved Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Bow Front High Chest Dresser
By Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Ball & Claw Tall Carved Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Bow Front High Chest Dresser
Brass
Pair of English Chinese Chippendale Style Black Lacquered Armchairs, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Chinese Chippendale style black lacquered armchairs from circa 1950 with upholstered seats. This elegant pair of English Chinese Chippendale style black lacquered a...
Upholstery, Wood
20th Century Pagoda Style Faux Rattan Metal and Wicker Wall Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
A 20th Century Pagoda Style Faux Rattan Metal and Wicker Wall Mirror Dimensions: 24.25 inches wide. .75 inches deep. 36.25 inches high.
Metal
Mid 20th Century Set of Four Chinese Hong-Mu Nest of Tables for George Zee & CO.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful set of four vintage Chinese rosewood nesting side tables for George Zee and Co. ( the smallest one has the label in the bottom, shown in the picture). They are originally from the mid-20th century with dark reddish...
Rosewood
$1,753 / item
Chippendale Bamboo Dining Chair, Ebonized
Located in Westwood, NJ
Chippendale bamboo dining chair, this timeless geometric design lattice back bamboo formed dining side chair in an ebonized finish with light distre...
Wood
Antique English Chinese Rosewood Console or Writing Desk Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a beautiful Antique English Chinese Rosewood Console or Writing Desk Table. all hand carved with Dragons a foliage, to the front apron and to the sides. The elegant legs are ...
Rosewood
$13,687
Antique Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
78231 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 09'04 x 11'08. Rendered in variegated shades of tan, sand, cerulean, ecru, blue, peach, rust, taupe, latte, and mocha with other accent colors. Des...
Wool
Edwardian Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Style Silver Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Edwardian mahogany silver table in the Chinese Chippendale style. Solid mahogany top of serpentine shaped form outlined with a rosette and ribbon twisted moulding over an arcading bl...
Mahogany
Ivory Lacquered Chinese Chippendale Style Console Table
Located in Southampton, NY
Ivory lacquered Chinese Chippendale style console table One Knick on side rail otherwise very good condition. Light wear to the top. ...
Lacquer
Chinese reversible silk needlework in a fine carved hardwood stand circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
This most impressive Chinese circular silk needlework Is remarkable as it has been sewn with incredible skill. The front and back are identical in their detail and quality, unlike mo...
Silk
19th Century Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Clock by Thomas Turner
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian Chinese Chippendale-style (19th Century) mahogany mantel clock with pagoda top and lattice design trim & column side (signed: Th...
Mahogany
$720Sale Price|20% Off
Midcentury Chinese Chippendale Cockpen Faux Bamboo Cane Desk Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
Midcentury Chinese Chippendale Cockpen faux bamboo cane desk chair Named after pew chairs with a Chinese lattice design in the Cockpen Church, Cockpen, M...
Faux Bamboo
Zabihi Collection Blue Floral Chinese Art Deco Carpet, 7' x 8'9''
Located in New York, NY
a 1930s Navy Chinese Art Deco Floral Rug Details rug no. j5103 size 7' x 8' 9" (213 x 267 cm)
Wool
"Chinese Chippendale" Pembroke Table
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A 'Chinese Chippendale' period Pembroke table on bamboo-turned cluster legs. The well-figured mahogany top is outlined with a fine strip of checkered and feather banding. There is a ...
Mahogany
$6,867 / item
Chinese Chippendale Painted Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Chinese Chippendale style painted chest of drawers, the rectangular paneled top, and sides above four blind fret paneled drawers, on similar bracket feet. Inspired by a George III ...
Wood
Chinese Chippendale Victorian Silver Table
Located in Faversham, GB
A superb Chinese Chippendale revival silver table in mahogany. The table has a serpentine rectangular top with a raised double molded edge above a set of cluster column legs on wide...
Mahogany
Vintage Hand Carved Chinese Chippendale Solid Rosewood Lounge Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
This chair is made of solid rosewood. The back splat is highly carved with fretwork. The seat is upholstered in a nice plastic protected silk fabric. The legs terminate into ball and...
Rosewood
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
Walnut, Burl
Set of Four Chinese Chippendale Style Dining Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive set of four Chinese Chippendale style dining chairs, two arm and two side entirely clad in a bone veneer mosaic. A...
Bone
Chinese Brass Round Back Plate for Double Entry Doors
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Cool 1960’s round solid brass entry door back plate with Chinese motif. In good original vintage condition, shows minor wear consistent with age. The indoor plate are lacquered th...
Brass
$504Sale Price|20% Off
Hand-Carved Chinese Jadeite Grapes Sculpture on Marble Stand, 1940
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Unique Jade sculpture of grape vine in spinach Jade vase with jadeite grapes Chinese handcarved. Sculpture on green marble stand. Exceptional craftsmanship. From a private Florida co...
Jade
19th Century American Mahogany Tripod Tilt-Top Candle Stand or Wine Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th-century candle stand or small tea table or wine table featuring a circular mahogany top supported by a central turned pedestal. The base consists of three cabriole legs term...
Mahogany
Set of Four Chinese Chippendale Style English Iron Garden Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic set of four grand English patio and garden dining armchairs crafted in the Chinese Chippendale taste. The chairs are surprisingly large and heavy constructed from iron featu...
Iron
Chinese Chippendale Faux Bamboo Hardwood Extending Dining Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent carved hardwood extending dining table with two leaves. The grand table is constructed from radiant hardwoods probably elm. The table measures 101.5 inches long with two ...
Hardwood
19th Century Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality carved Chinese Chippendale style kneehole desk. The top of the desk has an intricately fretted gallery which is in perfect condition. Below this the desk h...
Mahogany
pair of Chinese Qingbai-glazed funerary urns (or vases), glazed ceramics
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of stunning Chinese Qingbai urns (or vases) in glazed ceramics dated to the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). The term qingbai translates to "green-whi...
Ceramic
Chinese Chippendale Style Parcel Gilt Walnut Console / Sofa Table
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very stately Chinese Chippendale style walnut and parcel gilt console or sofa table. It’s very traditional, but the parcel gilt and Chinese Chippendale fret work give the p...
Walnut
$671Sale Price|25% Off
HENREDON Bar Buffet Asian Goat Skin
By Henredon
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Wood
Round Chippendale Style Pedestal Dining Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderfully stylish round pedestal table with gold gilt edging and supporting column decorated with carved faux bamboo detailing. Paint has worn to a degree giving it wonderful patina which gives it added casual charm and elegance. Table can make a wonderful statement as center hall table, center table in an entry foyer, dining table, porch table...
Wood
Mid-century hand painted decorator chinoiserie armchairs/a pair
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a pair of mid-century vintage hand painted decorator arm chairs /side shares. These chairs feature a Chinese Chippendale lattice work to th...
Wood
Large 4' Square Burl Wood Top Massive Legs Oriental Chinese Coffee Center Table
By Drexel, Heritage-Henredon, Tomlinson, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 4' Square Burl Wood Top Massive Legs Oriental Chinese Coffee Center Table MINT!
Burl
$210Sale Price|40% Off
Mid-century Chinese Export Hand Carved Teak Wood Duck
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-War Chinese Export Hand carved wooden Teak duck sculpture. Of large form, this has great detail and a lovely patina i think its dates from the mid part of the 20th Century. The ...
Teak
$2,471Sale Price|25% Off
Chinese Chippendale Console Table
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Mahogany, Hardwood
McGuire Style Rectangle Bamboo Wood Reed Mid-Century Modern Dining Table Base
By McGuire
Located in Miami, FL
Fully restored Mid-Century Modern dining table base, conference table or center table in dark brown finish, styled after McGuire. Bohemian Sculptural bent Bamboo Core Framing with wa...
Faux Bamboo, Cane, Reed, Wood
Mid-Century Chinese Chippendale Style Carved Faux Bamboo Bench Ottoman
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mod-century Chinese Chippendale style faux bamboo bench. The upholstery is gently used. The frame is a distressed black lacquer. It is unmarked and in very good condition.
Upholstery, Wood
Antique Chinese Carved Rosewood with Dragons Vitrine Display Case
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Gorgeous antique Chinese Qing dynasty heavily carved rosewood with dragons 4 tier vitrine or display case.
Rosewood
$2,688Sale Price|20% Off
Superb Quality Early 20th Century Cabinet by Edwards & Roberts
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality early 20th century mahogany cabinet in the Chinese Chippendale manor by Edwards & Roberts, the top of the cabinet has a broken arch pediment with dentil mouldings an...
Mahogany
Semi Antique Mahogany Secretary On Chinese Chippendale Style Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Provenance: Sotheby's NY. The secretary with a drop front in the form of three drawers but opening to drawers and cubby holes. With a black tooled writing surface. The stand with two...
Brass
Set of 4 Chinese Chippendale Chairs Chic Regency Style Seating Woven Cane 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Fabulous set of 4 vintage Chinese Chippendale chairs. Features solid wood frames and chic, woven cane seats and a pretty natural wood finish. Perfect as a dining chairs, kitchen chai...
Wicker
Antique Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte Reverse Painting On Glass
Located in Toledo, OH
Reverse painting on glass of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (1784-1860) He was Napoleons youngest brother who became king of Westphalia. Some light paint loss. 10.25" x 13.5" framed.
Glass
Pair of English Chinese Chippendale Style Midcentury Side Chairs with Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Chinese Chippendale style iron side chairs from the mid 20th century with intricate backs, grey color, faux bamboo structure and new linen upholstery. Created in England during the Midcentury period, each of this pair of side chairs features a grey colored faux bamboo iron structure inspired by the Chinese Chippendale style. The slightly curving backs, made of a careful arrangement of geometric shapes, are flowing into the hind legs in a graceful manner. A rectangular seat, newly recovered with a neutral toned linen fabric, is resting above four splaying legs connected to one another through an H-Form cross stretcher strengthening the ensemble beautifully. With their Chinese Chippendale lines, sturdy iron material and exotic faux-bamboo influence, this pair of English side chairs...
Iron
18th Century Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Silver Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Chinese Chippendale mahogany silver table with gadrooned moulding to the top edge, open fretwork frieze on all four sides and ...
Mahogany
Antique English Chippendale Mahogany Maple & Co. London Partner's Desk, Ca 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English chippendale mahogany partner's desk signed "Maple & Company London," Circa 1890. Beautiful old leather.
Mahogany
Chinese Chippendale Style Faux Tortoise & Grasscloth Rattan Console Tables Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a pair of rattan console tables with Chinese Chippendale style console tables. They have grasscloth tops and a faux tortoise finish. They are unmarked and in very good condit...
Grasscloth, Rattan
$8,154 / item
Pair of Chinese Chippendale Painted Nightstands
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Chinese Chippendale style grey limestone painted bedside chest of drawers, the rectangular paneled top, and sides above four blind fret paneled drawers, on similar bracket feet. ...
Wood
$6,147 / item
Chinese Chippendale Painted Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A hand-painted Chinese Chippendale style side cabinet with two blind fret carved frieze drawers with brass pull handles above two cabinet doors enclosing an adjustable shelf and rais...
Wood
Tall Chinese Chippendale Wingback Arm Chair, Wood, Painted Red, 1960s
Located in Stamford, CT
A statement piece wood fretwork Chinese Chippendale chair painted in Chinese red with caned seat. In very good condition.
Wood
Armchair Red Horseshoe Chair 19th Century China
Located in New York, NY
Armchair Red Horseshoe chair 19th century, China. A beautiful armchair made in a horse shoe style, during the 19th century in China. Original dark red paint
Set of 4 Mahogany Chippendale Style Dining Side Chairs Attributed to Bernhardt
By Bernhardt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of 4 mahogany Chippendale style dining side chairs attributed to Bernhardt. Listing includes (4) side chairs, solid wood frame, nicely carved details, very nice vintage item, gre...
Mahogany
Set of Eight McGuire Rattan "Cracked Ice" Dining Chairs
By McGuire, John and Elinor McGuire
Located in Hamburg, PA
An elegant set of eight McGuire "Cracked Ice" Dining Chairs with hand-crafted rawhide leather binding and caned seats. This impressive set of chairs was designed by John and Elinor M...
Leather, Upholstery, Cane, Rattan
Artistic Soft Colored Antique Mongolian Area Rug 5 ft 3 in x 8 ft 9 in
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mongolian rug, Country of Origin: Mongolia, Circa date: Early 20th century. Size: 5 ft 3 in x 8 ft 9 in (1.6 m x 2.67 m)
Wool
$5,100Sale Price|25% Off
Modern Handmade Chinese Style Wool Rug In Blue
Located in Norwalk, CT
A stunning modern Chinese-style hand-knotted wool rug featuring a navy blue background and beige accents throughout the traditional Chinese design. This rug measures 9'6" x 12'8".
Wool
Antique Square Chinese Rug. Size: 9 ft 2 in x 9 ft 4 in
Located in New York, NY
Antique Square Chinese Rug, Country of Origin / rug type: China, Circa date: 1910. Size: 9 ft 2 in x 9 ft 4 in (2.79 m x 2.84 m)
Wool
A fine 19th century Chinese Chippendale mahogany silver table
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century Chinese Chippendale mahogany carved silver table
Mahogany
Impressively Large Chinese Chippendale Style Oval Mirror
Located in New York, NY
The oval mirror plate within an elaborately hand-carved surround painted chalky white and surmounted by a foliate clasp flanked by Ho Ho Birds.
Wood, Paint
19 Century Porcelain Sculpture of Chinese Antique, Girl with fruit basket
By Alexander's Collection
Located in Hong Kong, HK
19 Century Porcelain Sculpture of Chinese Antique, Girl with fruit basket
Porcelain
Chinese Chippendale Tea Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite English mahogany tea table is a stunning example of the elaborate Chinese Chippendale style. A study in symmetry and balance,...
Mahogany
Baker Furniture Chinese Chippendale Magogany Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Baker Furniture Chinese Chippendale Magogany Tiered Side Table. Measures 24" in with, 18" in depth and stands 26" tall.
Mahogany, Plywood
Pair of Chinese Chippendale Style Faux Bamboo Armchairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Striking pair of Chinese Chippendale style armchairs. Painted red frames with red leather seats. This Chinoiserie style features an open fretwork geometric lattice design.
Faux Bamboo, Leather
Chinese Chippendale Astral Glazed Display Cabinet, Mahogany, 1860
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Chinese Chippendale astral glazed display cabinet This is a very attractive piece, it is made in mahogany, the cabinet has 2 astral glazed doors and i...
Mahogany