Thomas Chippendale is the greatest and most famous English furniture maker of the 18th century.
In 1767, Chippendale received the largest and most lucrative commission of his career, worth more than £10,000 – to furnish the newly built Harewood House.
Chippendale left no room at Harewood untouched, providing a vast range of furniture and soft furnishings including tables, chairs, sofas, beds, commodes, looking glasses, curtains, pelmets, wallpaper, carpets and covers. He not only provided sumptuous highly crafted pieces of furniture for the grandest rooms of the House but also simple, functional items such as garden benches.
Today, Harewood House is home to some of the most outstanding pieces of Chippendale furniture ever produced.
Join us in the House at noon every Tuesday and Thursday this June to hear more about Thomas Chippendale and the Harewood collection.