Chippendale Society acquires rare French-language edition of cabinet maker’s ‘Director’ from London bookseller
London bookseller Thomas Heneage has sold a rare French-language edition of Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) seminal design book, ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director,’ to The Chippendale Society.
The society previously held the three other English-language publications (from 1754, 1755 and 1762)…