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Who wants to go for a ride! Video Transcript. Hi Maria. This is Bryan. The Chippendale story has its share of unexpected twists.

Because the workshop did not mark its products, researchers have had to rely on primary sources such as correspondence and financial records or on physical comparison to examples with strong provenance when making attributions.

While Thomas Chippendale is renowned for his Rococo designs, much of the surviving furniture associated with his business is actually Classical in style, with Chippendale and his team adopting the new Neoclassical mode during the s.

Newcomers to Eighteenth Century furniture study are often surprised by the dearth of exact copies of Director images executed in wood.

The Met is paying homage to Chippendale through a multi-pronged effort. China table, England, circa — Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Irwin Untermyer, As part of his thought-provoking essay, Heckscher recounts how in , Met curator William M.

Ivins Jr recognized that two albums coming up for auction contained many of the finished drawings for the Director. A few are by Thomas Chippendale Jr.

Co-curator Englund underscored that, famous though they are, the drawings have rarely been on public view.

The anticipated volume will contain high-quality reproductions of the works on paper as well as essays by Heckscher and Speelberg.

In the funding plan, 25 Anchor Patron copies will make possible a broader edition for libraries and scholars. The Patron subscriptions are nearly fully subscribed, according to Heckscher.

To become a Patron, or to learn more about the planned publication, contact Luke Pontifell at Thornwillow Press via or lip thornwillow.

For more information, or www. Queried about tour highlights accessible to the public, executive director Matthew A.

Those who will be in England in upcoming months may want to investigate the following exhibitions as well. This drawing, reversed, appeared in all the three editions of the Director.

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, Some past events remain memorable. Attendees were rewarded with birthday cake as well as with expanded knowledge.