- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb Walnut King Size Headboard, Newly Restored
About
Details
- CreatorWiddicomb Furniture Co. (Manufacturer),T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 37.5 in. (95.25 cm)Width: 79.75 in. (202.57 cm)Depth: 1.5 in. (3.81 cm)
- StyleMid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture1957
- ConditionRefinished. Newly refinished. Excellent condition.
- Seller LocationSouth Bend, IN
- Reference Number
Shipping & Returns
- Shipping$530 White Glove Shippingto Continental US, arrives in 3-8 weeks. We recommend this shipping type based on item size, type and fragility.Delivered by appointment to the room of your choice.Ships From: South Bend, IN
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
About T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (Designer)
British-born designer, interior decorator and author T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–76) was one of the great American tastemakers in the middle decades of the 20th century. Much like Edward Wormley, Robsjohn-Gibbings was a design classicist by education and inclination, but he would come to create some of the most gracious and livable modern furnishings of the era.
Robsjohn-Gibbings studied architecture at the University of London, then held various jobs that included designing décors for passenger liners and working as the art director of a film studio. In the early 1930s, while employed by the upper-crust interior designer Charles J. Duveen, Robsjohn-Gibbings experienced an epiphany during a visit to the British Museum. Examining the furniture depicted on ancient Greek ceramics — lithe stools and klismos chairs — he realized that he had found a design touchstone. By 1936, he had moved to New York and set up a showroom on Madison Avenue for his modern reinterpretations of classic Greek designs. Aided by contacts he’d developed while working with Duveen, he quickly established a clientele that included Elizabeth Arden, Doris Duke and Thelma Chrysler Foy.
Through his writings for magazines and books, Robsjohn-Gibbings earned a public following and was established as an urbane arbiter of taste. From 1943 to 1956, he produced an understated line of modernist furnishings for Widdicomb, which included one of the icons of the period: the tiered, biomorphic Mesa coffee table (1951). Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to Athens, Greece, in 1966, and created a new line of antiquity-inspired pieces for the firm Saridis. The series turned out to be his swan song.
Collectors’ interest in Robsjohn-Gibbings was reignited in the 1980s, when the 200-plus pieces from his 1936–38 commission for the Bel-Air estate of Los Angeles socialite Hilda Boldt Weber — pared-down neoclassical pieces rendered in blond wood (with the occasional flourish) — came on the market. (Up until then, the collection had remained in the house, despite its having changed hands several times.)
But his work for Widdicomb remains his most widely known, appreciated for its elegance and generous proportions. Robsjohn-Gibbings despised the stern aesthetic associated with his Bauhaus contemporaries, and a keynote of his modernist pieces is that they have no sharp angles. His chair and sofa frames, table legs and even many cabinets feature softly contoured edges. In whatever styled he designed, Robsjohn-Gibbings was guided by simplicity and timelessness. He wanted his furniture to be lived with happily.
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in South Bend, INAn exceptional pair of Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency nightstands By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdico...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsBrass
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in South Bend, INAn exceptional Mid-Century Modern walnut sideboard credenza or bar cabinet By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widd...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
MaterialsWalnut
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in South Bend, INAn extemely rare and exceptional mid-century modern sculpted walnut 13-drawer gentleman's chest dresser or cabin...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsOak, Walnut
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in South Bend, INAn exceptional Mid-Century Modern extendable bar cart server Designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Carts and Bar Carts
MaterialsBrass
- By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.Located in South Bend, INAn exceptional Mid-Century Modern walnut saber leg coffee or cocktail table By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Wid...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in South Bend, INA rare and exceptional Mid-Century Modern saber leg walnut extension dining table By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings f...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsWalnut
You May Also Like
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Maple, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Walnut, Lacquer, Wood
The 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery