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2. Chinese Chippendale (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Chinese Chippendale railings on Monticello's wings. In architecture, Chinese Chippendale refers to a specific kind of railing or balustrade that was inspired by the "Chinese Chippendale" designs of cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. The infill between the top and bottom rails and the vertical supports is a series of interlocking diagonals ...

3. Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens - Wikipedia

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   The ground floor roof is supported on wooden pillars. The storeys above this have arcaded balconies with Chinese Chippendale railings and curved roofs. [1] The roofs are now of lead although they were originally covered in alternating bands of green and white tiles. [4] The 80 restored dragons surmount each roof.

4. Elmwood (Union, West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   The front facade features wide limestone steps and a veranda, with second-story balcony, Chinese Chippendale railings at both levels, and four plain but huge plaster covered brick columns. The house was built by Congressman Hugh Caperton (1781–1847).

5. Renick Farm (Renick, West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   A brick Federal style addition was built in 1825, and it features a two-story, temple form entrance portico with Doric order columns and Chinese Chippendale railings. Also on the property are a contributing barn (1901) and smoke house (c. 1840). [2]

6. Exeter (Leesburg, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Exeter was a seven-part house. It was dominated by a two-story tetrastyle Ionic portico with Chinese Chippendale railings on the upper level, added in the 1830s to replace a one-story pedimented portico. The portico was flanked by single recessed bays, then by hyphens recessed farther back, and finally by small pavilions on either end.

7. Hope Plantation - Wikipedia

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   The facade has five bays and a pedimented double portico with the original Chinese Chippendale balustrade. Crowning the house is a widow's walk with matching railing. The interior of the house displays a height and grandeur rare in the region, and is furnished with a unique collection of period furniture, art and artifacts.

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9. Mirador (Greenwood, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   It has a deck-on-hip roof capped by a Chinese Chippendale railing. The front facade features a portico with paired Tuscan order columns. The house was renovated in the 1920s by noted New York architect William Adams Delano (1874–1960), who transformed the house into a Georgian Revival mansion. [3]