George Hepplewhite (1727? – 21 June 1786) was a cabinetmaker. He is regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries. One characteristic that is seen in many of his designs is a shield-shaped chair back, where an expansive shield appeared in place of a narrower splat design. (From Wikipedia)
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The furniture designs of George Hepplewhite (Gibbings and company, limited, 1910), by A. Hepplewhite and Co., Arthur Hayden, and J. Munro Bell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
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Hepplewhite, George, -1786, contrib.: The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, or, Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and Most Approved Taste: Displaying a Great Variety of Patterns ... in the Plainest and Most Enriched Styles: With a Scale to Each, and an Explanation in Letter Press: Also, the Plan of a Room, Shewing the Proper Distribution of the Furniture, from drawings by A. Hepplewhite and Co. (reprinted from 1794 I. and J. Taylor third edition; London: B.T. Batsford, 1897), by A. Hepplewhite and Co. (page images at Wisconsin)
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- Hepplewhite, George, -1786: The Cabinet-makers' London book of prices and designs of cabinet work : calculated for the convenience of cabinet-makers in general, whereby the price of executing any piece of work may be easily found ... (Printed by C. Barber for the London Society of Cabinet-Makers, 1803), also by W. Casement, Thomas Shearer, and London Society of Cabinet Makers (page images at HathiTrust)
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