ATG letter: Chippendale ivory removal is ‘unforgivable’ – furniture dealer Martin Levy
MADAM – Your news story (‘Ivory removed from Chippendale before sale’, ATG No 2356) draws attention to the deliberate and unforgivable removal of original ivory elements from an important commode by Thomas Chippendale, England’s most famous cabinet maker.
What does this act of desecration bode for the future?
But first, in the light of the ivory bill …