Chippendale

chippendale English thumb Etymology From an assimilated (alveolarized) variant of the placename en Chippingdale, from en ang ċīeping market + ang dæl valley. furniture en English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale = 1718 1779. Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃɪpn̩deɪl/ en Chip pen dale Proper noun en attributive A style of furniture designed by, or resembling that of, Thomas Chippendale, generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. en attributive A style of rococo bookplate. en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia. en habitational Old English. Derived terms en Chinese Chippendale en Chippendalism