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| Two important phases of Chippendale's work—an elaborateribbon-back chair, and one of the more staid Gothic type. | |
An elaborately carved and gilded Chippendale mantel mirror, showing French influence.
One of the most beautiful examples of Chippendale's fretwork tea-tables in existence.
Chippendale and the Eighteenth Century in England.
The classification of furniture in England is on a different basis from that of France, as the rulers of England were not such patrons of art as were the French kings. Flemish, Dutch and French influences all helped to form the taste of the people. The Jacobean period lasted from the time of James I to the time of William and Mary. William brought with him from Holland the strong Dutch feeling that had a tremendous influence on the history of English furniture, and during Anne's short reign the Dutch feeling still lasted.