Thomas Chippendale the Younger and George Bullock

After Chippendale’s death in 1779, his eldest son, also named Thomas, carried on his cabinet-making business until 1804.  Chippendale the Younger & George Bullock were brilliant designers and skilled craftsmen. Their original and stylish furniture designs belong to the later neo-classic styles of the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries.  Chippendale Jr died in 1822 at the age of 73 but Bullock died aged 35 in 1818 – a tragically young age but one by which he was already known as an “eminent artist” of “peculiar genius”; both were influential in transforming the character of early 19^th –century design and Bullock’s work was to foreshadow the aesthetic movement of Victorian times.  The furniture of Stourhead, Wiltshire is one of the younger Chippendale’s best known and documented commissions.