チッペンデール
解説 Definition
Chippendale は、英国の家具職人 Thomas Chippendale や、その名に由来する家具様式を指す固有名詞です。家具やデザイン史の文脈で使われ、通常は Chippendale と大文字で書かれます。
Chippendale refers to Thomas Chippendale, an eighteenth-century English cabinetmaker, or to furniture designed by him or made in styles associated with his influential work. The term commonly modifies words such as chair, table, style, and furniture.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Chippendale はまず家具職人 Thomas Chippendale の姓、その名から18世紀英国の家具様式を指すようになった語と覚える。Chippendale chair、Chippendale furniture のように、精巧な彫刻を施した椅子やテーブルの説明で使い、大文字を保つ。
Start with the person: Thomas Chippendale was an influential eighteenth-century English cabinetmaker. His surname then became a label for furniture associated with his designs and their later imitations. Remember the common combinations Chippendale chair, Chippendale table, Chippendale style, and Chippendale furniture, often used when discussing elegant carved details. This person-to-style pattern is similar to other names that become design labels. Keep the capital C because the style name comes from a surname, and use the surrounding furniture vocabulary to identify the intended sense.
例文
The guide pointed to a chair in the Chippendale style.
案内人はチッペンデール様式の椅子を指しました。
The auction catalog lists a Chippendale table from the eighteenth century.
その競売カタログには、18世紀のチッペンデール様式のテーブルが載っています。
She studied how Chippendale furniture used elegant carved details.
彼女は、チッペンデール様式の家具が優雅な彫刻装飾をどのように用いたかを学びました。
chippendale の類義語・関連語
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chippendale の語源・成り立ち Etymology
18世紀イギリスの名家具職人トーマス・チッペンデール（Thomas Chippendale）に由来。姓はランカシャーの地名で、古英語の人名Cippa＋dæl（谷）で「チッパの谷」の意。関連語: dale（谷）。職人名がそのまま家具様式の代名詞となった。
Chippendale as a furniture term comes from the surname of Thomas Chippendale, the influential eighteenth-century English cabinetmaker and furniture designer. His surname is locational and has been explained from an old personal name combined with Old English dæl, meaning “valley”; the second element is related to modern English dale. Through Chippendale’s published designs and workshop, the family name became the conventional name for furniture made in styles associated with him.
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