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Chippendale is a suburb of Sydney, south-southwest of the city centre, and near the University of Sydney. It is primarily residential, and has the lowest open space per person of any Sydney suburb, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. It is also home to the (now defunct) 168-year-old Kent brewery, one of Australia's oldest. Chippendale is named for Thomas Chippendale. Chippendale is an inner suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. ... The Sydney Morning Herald is a prestigious and important newspaper in Australia, published daily in Sydney, the most populus city in Australia. ... Thomas Chippendale, the elder (June 5, 1718 - November 1779) was a furniture designer and maker from Otley, West Yorkshire. ...


Chippendale can also refer to a make of furniture, perfected by the Thomas Chippendale mentioned above.


Separately, the Chippendale dancers are also a group of male dancers who partially strip for a largely female audience. Strip can refer to: as a noun a long narrow piece cut from a sheet material (metal plastic plywood etc) a power strip a landing strip a comic strip other items of a similar shape to that above e. ...


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Thomas Chippendale's new and different-looking chairs and tables were the vogue in England, but it was at least 1755 before cabinetmakers in America copied any of Chippendale's designs.
For a time, too, many of Chippendale's pieces borrowed from the rococo appearance of French Louis XV furniture and were really an embellishment of the simpler Queen Anne style by means of elaborate lines and touches.
Chippendale also used gilding, some veneer, and fretwork galleries around small tables and the tops of cabinet pieces as other forms of decoration.
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