A term used to describe English Rococo furniture inspired by the designs illustrated in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale, Sr. (1718–79). Chippendale’s book influenced furniture design in Great Britain, Europe and colonial America. Although Chippendale’s name is applied to much mid-18th-century furniture, only comparatively few pieces can be attributed with certainty to his workshop. Web resources here and here.

Three Ribband Back Chairs. Plate XVI in Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director (1754). Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, New York.