Christopher Gallard Gilbert (7 September 1936 – 29 September 1998) was a British furniture historian and museum curator. He wrote on

Thomas Chippendale Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) was a cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs in a trade catalogue titled ''The Gentleman and Ca ...

and was a founding member of the

Furniture History Society The Furniture History Society (FHS), which was founded in 1964, is a registered charity in the United Kingdom Background The Furniture History Society is based in London, with close connections at the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was founded by ...

in 1964. From 1975 to 1983, he was the editor of the society's annual journal, ''Furniture History'', and, in 1990, he became its chairman. Gilbert was born in Lancaster on 7 September 1936, the son of Frank Lathe Gilbert and the author

Ruth Ainsworth Ruth Gallard Ainsworth (16 October 1908 – 16 May 1984) was a British writer, of over seventy children's books and numerous radio scripts. Life Ainsworth was born in Manchester, in 1908, the second child (and first daughter) of Methodist mini ...

and twin of Oliver Lathe Gilbert, the urban ecologist and lichenologist. He was twice married (two daughters; three stepsons, one stepdaughter). He died in Leeds on 29 September 1998.

Bibliography

* ''The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale'' (1978) 2 vols

References

1936 births 1998 deaths English curators {{UK-historian-stub