The first of a series of events to mark the tercentenary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth has opened at Leeds City Museum.
Thomas Chippendale: A celebration of craftsmanship and design, 1718-1779, is the largest exhibition the museum has assembled in recent years and includes loans from more than 40 sources – both historic houses and private collections. It has been curated by furniture historians James Lomax and Adam Bowett of the Chippendale Society at Temple Newsam.
Key pieces have come from the Royal Collection, Paxton House, Newby Hall and Dumfries House, which has around 10% of the known fully provenanced Chippendale furniture.