Chippendale names a style of furniture from the 1700s: chairs, tables, and cabinets with graceful curved shapes, careful carving, and fine detail, often in dark wood such as mahogany. It is a smart, slightly showy word — you meet it in antique shops, museums, and house magazines, not in everyday chat about a plastic chair.

Chippendale齊本德爾風格 names指 a style of furniture from the 1700s一種十八世紀的家具風格，chairs, tables, and cabinets椅子、桌子和櫃子 with graceful curved shapes有優雅的曲線造型、careful carving精細的雕刻、and fine detail還有精緻的細節，often in dark wood such as mahogany常常使用深色木材，像是桃花心木。 It is這是 a smart, slightly showy word一個講究、有點炫的詞 —— in antique shops, museums, and house magazines在古董店、博物館和家居雜誌裡 you meet it你會遇到它, not in everyday chat about a plastic chair而不是在閒聊塑膠椅子的日常對話裡。

The style is named after Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779), an English cabinet-maker whose pattern book taught other makers how to work in his manner. So Chippendale furniture is not only pieces he made with his own hands; it is furniture in that look.

The style這種風格 is named after是以…命名的 Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779)湯瑪士．齊本德爾（1718-1779）, an English cabinet-maker他是一位英國家具師傅 whose pattern book他的圖樣書 taught other makers教會了其他工匠 how to work in his manner用他的方式做家具。 So所以 Chippendale furnitureChippendale家具 is not only pieces he made with his own hands不只是他親手做的作品; it is furniture in that look只要是那種風格的家具都算。

Though actually, people sometimes say Chippendale for anything old and carved and English-looking, a bit more loosely than a museum would. It has nothing to do with a chip of wood.

Though actually不過實際上, people sometimes say Chippendale有些人有時候會用Chippendale這個詞 for anything old and carved and English-looking稱呼任何老舊、有雕刻、像英國風格的東西, a bit more loosely than a museum would用法比博物館鬆散一點。 It有這個詞 has nothing to do with跟…一點關係都沒有 a chip of wood一片木屑。