Archibald Cecil Chappelow (3 August 1886 – 25 September 1976) was a British decorator, upholsterer, illustrator, and lecturer, and later in life a fine art consultant.
He was "[k]een to avoid military service at the outbreak of the First World War", and therefore "moved to Denmark, which remained neutral throughout the hostilities".
[3] This contrasted with the route taken by Chappelow's brother, Eric, who refused to fight and was jailed in England during the war, stirring the support of several notable figures, and eventually being released to serve in an ambulance unit.
[15] In 1956, Chappelow wrote an evaluation of the Isleworth Mona Lisa in Apollo Magazine, supporting the assertions by John R. Eyre in the 1915 book, The Two Mona Lisas that the painting was the work of Leonardo da Vinci and stating that it "deserved recognition as a truly beautiful picture contemporaneous with that in the Louvre".
[16] Also in 1956, Chappelow participated in a forum of the Royal Society of Arts discussing "Beauty in Danger", relating to trends in architecture.
[19] During his wartime residency in Denmark, Chappelow met Karen Ragnhild Permin of Hillerød, north of Copenhagen.