as Chippendale, a cabinetmaker in London in the mid-1700s. At this time Europeans were intrigued by stories of the Orient brought back by explorers. Chippendale's designs became popular because... more » Guest Picks: 20 Ways to Play Garden Host to Birds and Bees » One of the greatest pleasures of summer fo

l us much, as William Vile and John Cobb, his partner, are not recorded, as far as I know, as making lacquer furniture. They could have made them ; Chippendale and the Linnells also made lacquer furniture but some sort of documentary evidence would be extant to support such a conjecture. We are left with t