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Coffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb
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Coffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for WiddicombCoffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for WiddicombCoffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for WiddicombCoffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb

Coffee Table, Model 1640 by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb

$28,500

Categories: Coffee/Cocktail Tables, Tables Print
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Rare, Early and Important, Coffee table designed by Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb 1952, Model 1640. The table is in excellent original condition with the beautiful and original light green edge glass. The base is comprised of solid mahogany pillars penetrated by solid brass bars finished in a beautiful gold. 1952.

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings 1905–1976 Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings was born in England in 1905. While studying architecture at the University of London, Robsjohn-Gibbings was fascinated by the restrained elegance of Greek and Roman art, so he often spent his spare time wandering the galleries of the British Museum. In 1929, he moved to New York where he worked for famed tastemaker Charles Duveen before establishing a career as an independent interior designer in 1936. In 1938, Harper’s Bazaar stated that Robsjohn-Gibbings felt that “the modern should stem from the very ancient,” as he believed that furniture should be steeped in the symmetry and rationality of Greek design. In 1946, Robsjohn-Gibbings had the chance to make his ideals manifest when he was invited to design a line of furniture for Widdicomb Furniture Company. His furniture line was hailed as a triumph by House Beautiful, and his design for a butler’s table was featured in the landmark Good Design exhibit of 1951 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In addition to working as an interior designer, Robsjohns-Gibbings was also an astute critic of design culture in America and he was noted for his humorous novels like Goodbye, Mr. Chippendale, which poked fun at the American craze for all things antique in interior design. During the 1960s, Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to Athens, the birthplace of classicism, and his apartment overlooked the Parthenon. While living in Greece, Robsjohn-Gibbings designed interiors for both Aristotle Onassis and the Niarchos family. Robsjohn-Gibbings passed away in 1976. He left behind a legacy of classically-derived forms, and his elegant works reside in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among many others.

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Dimensions 45 × 45 × 13 in
Origin

U.S.

Period Made

Mid 20th Century

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