Editing Thomas Chippendale (section)

== Collaborations ==
Chippendale's ''Director'' was used by many other cabinet makers. Consequently, recognisably "Chippendale" furniture was produced in Dublin, Philadelphia, Lisbon, Copenhagen and Hamburg. [[Catherine the Great]] and [[Louis XVI]] both possessed copies of the ''Director'' in its French edition.{{Sfn | Gilbert | 1978 | p = xvii}}  The Director shows four main styles: English with deep carving, elaborate French rococo in the style of Louis XV furniture, Chinese style with latticework and lacquer, and Gothic with pointed arches, [[quatrefoil]]s and fret-worked legs. His favourite wood was [[mahogany]]; in seat furniture he always used solid wood rather than [[Wood veneer|veneers]].