England of the 18th century. Majestic castles, rich mansions and country villas. The brilliance of luxury and the darkness of poverty. Could Thomas Chippendale (who would eventually be recognized as the greatest master of English furniture art of the Rococo and early Classicism era), at that time studying the craft of a cabinetmaker at Nostell Abbey, imagine that a meeting with the aristocrat Isabella Woodley would radically change his fate? No, Isabella did not become his companion, although they were attracted to each other all their lives. But the feeling that flared up in his early youth could not be eclipsed by any other woman who appeared on his way.