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George Hepplewhite: Quick Facts

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Facts

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
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John Cobb
English cabinetmaker
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Thomas Chippendale, II
British cabinetmaker
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Gustav Stickley
American designer
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Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
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David Roentgen
European cabinetmaker
Phyfe, Duncan: card table
Duncan Phyfe
Scottish-born American furniture designer
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Gerrit Jensen
British artist
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William Vile
English cabinetmaker
Josiah Wedgwood.
Josiah Wedgwood
English craftsman
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Christopher Townsend
American cabinetmaker
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Job Townsend
American cabinetmaker
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John Townsend
American cabinetmaker
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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
German-Austrian furniture maker
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Adam Weisweiler
French cabinetmaker
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John Henry Belter
American cabinetmaker