George Hepplewhite

Japanese: ヘプルホワイト（英語表記）George Hepplewhite

?-1786
English furniture maker and designer. His career is unclear, but it is known that he apprenticed to the firm of Lancaster furniture maker Robert Gillow and moved to London around 1760 to set up shop there. Although no works that can be identified as his remain, Hepplewhite's name became famous through a collection of his designs, The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer's Guide, published by his widow two years after his death.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐1786
イギリスの家具師，デザイナー。経歴は明らかでないが，ランカスターの家具師ギローRobert Gillowの商会に徒弟として入り，1760年ころまでにロンドンに出て店を構えたことが知られる。彼のものと認められる作品は残っていないが，ヘプルホワイトの名は，彼の死後2年を経て未亡人によって出版された彼のデザイン集《家具製造業者･家具商便覧The Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Guide》によって有名となった。

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