Christopher Gallard Gilbert

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

Gilbert was born Lancaster 7 September 1936, son of Frank Lathe Gilbert and Ruth Ainsworth and twin of Oliver Lathe Gilbert; 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