单词 | hepplewhite |
释义 | Hepplewhiten. Used attributively to designate an English style of furniture of the latter part of the eighteenth century, characterized by lightness, delicacy, and graceful curves, being an adaptation of current French styles. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally standing1444 plush1615 Queen Elizabeth1673 occasional1749 Adametic1774 French-polished1836 upholstered1837 Adamish1838 Chippendale1855 Queen Anne1863 knock-down1875 Wellington chest1880 Adamesque1881 Sheraton1883 Hepplewhite1897 quaint1897 bombé1904 lowboy1915 Jacobean1918 overstuffed1922 spool1928 Williamsburg1931 thermed1952 stackable1958 Scandinavian1959 wall-to-wall1959 Populuxe1986 1897 K. W. Clouston Chippendale Period Eng. Furnit. vii. 177 The Hepplewhite commode has long been obsolete or transformed into the modern cabinet with mirror back. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 23 Mar. 380/1 Hepplewhite and Sheraton furniture should be studied by designers for motifs. 1901 Connoisseur Dec. 272/2 Six Hepplewhite arm-chairs. 1903 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 June 460/1 Three..ball-and-claw Hepplewhite chairs. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 453/1 The smaller Hepplewhite pieces are much prized by collectors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1897 |
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