The Chippendale style and influence
Chippendale’s move to a modest Kensington terrace house in 1776 probably marked his partial retirement from business at the age of 58. He would remarry the following year but died in 1779 leaving under £29 (not much more than the cost of one of the Dundas giltwood armchairs which sold at £20 each).
His eldest son Thomas Chippendale Junior (1749-1822), who had been involved in the family firm for…