Hepplewhite

[ hep-uhl-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

noun

1. George, died 1786, English furniture designer and cabinetmaker.

adjective

1. noting the style prevailing in English furniture c1780–c95, as illustrated in designs published by the firm of George Hepplewhite in 1788, reflecting Adam and Louis XVI influences.

Hepplewhite

/ ˈhɛpəlˌwaɪt /

adjective

1. of, denoting, or made in a style of ornamental and carved 18th-century English furniture, of which oval or shield-shaped open chairbacks are characteristic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hepplewhite¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hepplewhite¹

C18: named after George Hepplewhite (1727–86), English cabinetmaker

Example Sentences

Autumn Sundown Alnmouth Harbour by Charles Hepplewhite from Gosforth was one of a series of images the photographer took while walking around Alnmouth one day in the "sea mist and failing sunlight".

From BBC

Emerson was speaking to a highly suffocated Victorian Boston in which every good family had the same sideboard of Madeira and Hepplewhite chairs and intellectuals were struggling to break free of European imitation.

From Washington Post

“Boys, that ain’t here nor there. I’ll take an even pound sterling, in the light of circumstance. Look’ee, sirs, fine as Hepplewhite and Hay.”

From Literature

As an antiques dealer, I must caution you to NEVER,NEVER paint the inside of any antique Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, etc. chests' drawers!

From New York Times

The only British victim was 67-year-old Bernard Hepplewhite from Kent, who was stabbed in the stomach and was seriously injured.

From The Guardian