Robsjohn Gibbings Widdicomb Dining Chairs

Robsjohn Gibbings Widdicomb Dining Chairs
(2) Robsjohn-Gibbings Dining Chairs Made by Widdicomb 1950`s One armchair and one side chair Bleached mahogany with red seats

Dimensions
19″ wide, 18.5″ deep, 34″ high seat height 18.5″, arm height 22.5″

Condition

Very Good Condition

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Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings British-born architect and furniture designer (1905 – 1976) Robsjohn-Gibbings studied architecture at London University. He afterwards worked briefly as a naval architect, designing ocean liner interiors, and then as art director for a motion picture studio. In 1926, he became a salesman for an antiques dealer who specialized in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture, and Robsjohn-Gibbings was assigned prominent accounts such as Elizabeth Arden and Neiman Marcus. In the late 1930s and 1940s he was the most important decorator in America. After opening a shop on New York`s Madison Avenue in 1936, Robsjohn-Gibbings proceeded to design houses from coast to coast for such scions as tobacco heiress Doris Duke, Alfred A. Knopf, and Thelma Chrysler Foy. The design work of T. H. Robsjohn Gibbings is hallmarked as a modern mixture of the classical elements of Ancient Grecian design, and Art Deco design. It features mosaic floor reproductions, sculptural fragments, and sparse furnishings, all combining to achieve his trademark brand of modern historicism. T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings much preferred the visual vocabulary of the classical world, particularly ancient Greek furniture and design. Robsjohn-Gibbings` look was widely emulated, and, from 1943-56, he worked as a designer for the Widdicomb furniture company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1960, he met Greek cabinetmakers Susan and Eleftherios Saridis, and, together, they created the Klismos line of furniture, which drew heavily on classical forms. It is still in production. Robsjohn-Gibbings eventually moved to Athens, where he became designer to Aristotle Onassis. His honors include the 1950 Waters Award and the 1962 Elsie de Wolfe Award.