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The designs were engraved by Isaac Taylor (1730-1807) whose name appears on the plate but not on this original design. In the plate description within the <i>Director</i>, Chippendale instructs that; <i>‘The Front Feet are mostly different, for the greater choice…The Seats look best when stuffed over the Rails and have a Brass Border neatly chased….They are usually covered with the same stuff as the Window-Curtains.’ </i>During the 18<sup>th</sup> century, items of furniture were often upholstered to match the other decorative elements (such as curtains) within the room. Chippendale produced many different designs for splat-back chairs such as these. \r\n\r\nThomas Chippendale was a fashionable designer and cabinet-maker in the eighteenth-century, providing furniture to such famous contemporary figures as David Garrick. His company produced high-quality furniture, including some key masterpieces, but Chippendale's outstanding skill was in design. His pattern-book<i> The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director </i>went through three editions in the 1750s and 60s and inspired trade catalogues and pattern-books from fellow designers. Usually produced by architects, a large, elegant pattern-book was an ambitious project for a craftsman at this time.<i> The Director </i>showed the full range of furniture available in the eighteenth century, and the range of styles that were fashionable. Chippendale created a trademark fusion of rococo style with Chinese and gothic elements, which was the basis of 'English' rococo. His style influenced furniture design in contemporary Europe and colonial America, and had a marked Victorian revival in England.<i> The Director </i>designs were the main source for Chippendale's high reputation until his furniture was first identified in 1906.","physicalDescription":"Three designs for ribbon-back chairs, pasted into a single composite sheet. All are both rococo and gothic in style. The left-hand chair design has a curved splat and two different leg designs, one straight, one cabriole. The middle design has a pointed splat and cusped decoration to the frame. 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