The late 1750s saw introduction to America of an Anglo-French rococo furniture style. This style flourished in the sixties and seventies and began to lose favor in the 1780s. basic Queen Anne forms which were dominated by cabriole leg continued to be used. Mahogany chiefly was employed in cabinet making and the ball-and-claw foot was high popular; rich ornamental carving was popular in preference to veneer and inlay. This style has origin in England in the 1730s and 1740s. three forces combined to create it : Chinese ornament which was known from imported into pieces of furniture which retained the Palladian architectural influence so admired during the Queen Anne period. Thus the broken arch pediment, frieze, and cornice remained an essential part of furniture designed.

Chinese influence has two chief component: the adaptation of actual Eastern furniture details, and chinoiserie, which was the Western imaginative interpretation of Chinese design.

It was Thomas Chippendale who has codify the style and to give his name to it in both England and America. Midway through his life, he published the first of three volumes in 1754 that were entitled “The Gentlemen and Cabinet Maker’s Directory”. Containing numerous engravings of furniture designs, these tomes became the “bible” for future cabinet makers, Chippendale’s uniqueness is also exemplified by the fact that he actually made furniture with his own hands, and in 1749 he established a furniture factory in London.

The Chippendale “style” is best noted for its solidity and grace that is combined with elaborate decoration. The final influence in the creation of the Chippendale style was introduction of Ghotic detail (arches, flying buttresses, and other dramatic innovations to create spectacular spatial effects). As previously state, it had never completely disappeared from the vocabulary of English design, as it was used in church and public architectural.