Chippendale style armchair in Chinese black lacquer, circa 1880

Chippendale style armchair in black lacquer with Chinese motifs standing on four legs : cabriole front legs, decorated in high part with scrolls framing motifs of flowers and straight back legs; the four legs finished in pad foot. Straight apron, arm supports largely behind the leg line supporting S shape arms with scroll handholds.
Chippendale back splat and uprights decorated with carved scrolls. Decor of lacquer with a black background and Chinese gilt motifs such as lake scenes, pagodas, characters, cartouches with flowers, lattice and birds.

Trim entirely reupholstered by our workshop with a Rubelli fabric, Vignola reference and Rubino color.

Rubelli is historical Venetian fabric manufacture and was created in the late 19th century with now workshops in Cuccagio, Italy, in the former Zanchi workshops. This Manufacture produces high quality and luxury fabrics, also used for La Scala or La Fenice theaters.

Work realized circa 1880.

Dimensions : H 107 x W 64 x D 60 cm.

Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) was an English cabinetmaker who created furniture inspired from the French rocaille style, the Gothic ornaments and architectures and the Chinese style ornaments. He used solid mahogany and the furniture are sometines vennered with rosewood, varnished or covered by an lacquer imitation. The ornamental sculpture on his furniture is noticeable by its precision. All Chippendale’s creations had a long influence on the whole furniture creation, especially the English one, and was reinterpreted many times.
Chippendale seatings are recognizable thanks to their rectangular fiddle back with fiddle stiles and a central splat adorned with Gothic, Chinese or rocaille inspirations motifs. The legs are often cabriole or a straight form, ending in claw and ball.