Chinese Chippendale

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Chinese Chippendale

  1. A Chippendale furniture style incorporating chinoiserie.
  2. (architecture) A kind of railing, balustrade or latticework inspired by this furniture, having the infill between the top and bottom rails and the vertical supports as a series of interlocking diagonals, or sometimes a rectilinear design.