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George Hepplewhite
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Design for a sofa by George Hepplewhite, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788). Confidante designed by George Hepplewhite and illustrated in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, London, 1788
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Died 1786 • London • England
Notable Works “Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide”
Movement / Style Georgian style • Neoclassical art

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Design for a sofa by George Hepplewhite, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788).
Confidante designed by George Hepplewhite and illustrated in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, London, 1788
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Design for a library table by Thomas Sheraton, engraving from his book, The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia (1805)
Thomas Sheraton
English furniture designer
Chippendale, Thomas: drawing of a combined desk and bookcase
Thomas Chippendale
British cabinetmaker
John Cobb
English cabinetmaker
Thomas Chippendale, II
British cabinetmaker
Gustav Stickley
American designer
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker
David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Phyfe, Duncan: card table
Duncan Phyfe
American furniture designer
Gerrit Jensen
British artist
William Vile
English cabinetmaker
Josiah Wedgwood.
Josiah Wedgwood
English craftsman
Christopher Townsend
American cabinetmaker
John Rowe Townsend
British author
Job Townsend
American cabinetmaker
John Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Cartel clock with Louis XIV clockcase by Charles Cressent; in the Wallace Collection, London
Charles Cressent
French cabinetmaker
Thonet, Michael: bentwood chair
Michael Thonet
Austrian furniture maker
Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
John Henry Belter
American cabinetmaker