Designer
Model
Side table (e)
Year of origin
1952
Brand
Widdicomb
Description
Walnut
good original condition
h 52 / d 72 cm
Sculptural side table in walnut designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings. Very sculptural splayed tripod form, yet strong and sturdy. It is a versatile size and could be used as a side or nightstand or coffee table. These are one of Robsjohn's signature pieces. Signed with serial number and manufacturer’s label beneath. Manufactured by Widdicomb. Gibbings is a British-born architect, decorator and furniture designer whose innovative ideas have had a formative impact on post-war American interior taste.The studied architect has a significant role in steering popular taste away from Art Moderne toward a genuine US-American modernism shared with Paul Mccobb, Estelle & Levine Laverne and Edward Wormley.