- Want more images or videos?Request additional images or videos from the seller
Thinline Dresser by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb

About
Details
- CreatorT.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (Designer),Widdicomb Furniture Co. (Maker)
- DimensionsHeight: 46.5 in. (118.11 cm)Width: 34.5 in. (87.63 cm)Depth: 21.5 in. (54.61 cm)
- StyleModern (Of the Period)
- Materials and TechniquesLacqueredWalnut
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacture1950s
- ConditionMeticulously refinished.
- Seller LocationSan Leandro, CA
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU82648751833
Shipping & Returns
- ShippingRates vary by destination and complexity. We recommend this shipping type based on item size, type and fragility.Ships From: San Leandro, CA
- Return Policy
A return for this item may be initiated within 3 days 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 San Leandro, CAWalnut armchair by T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. We have meticulously restored the piece at our in-hous...Category
Vintage 1950s American Neoclassical Revival Lounge Chairs
MaterialsVelvet, Walnut
- By Widdicomb Furniture Co., T.H. Robsjohn-GibbingsLocated in San Leandro, CARare Portico Side table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. Refinished in Dark Brown lacquer.Category
Vintage 1950s American Side Tables
MaterialsWalnut
$4,000 Sale Price28% Off - Located in San Leandro, CAEbonized mahogany tall dresser with polished brass pulls. The piece is raised on fluted stiletto legs with sculp...Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Dressers
MaterialsBrass
- By Baker Furniture Company, Charles PfisterLocated in San Leandro, CAIconic Triple dresser with bronze flush finger pulls by Charles Pfister. This piece appears to have been a speci...Category
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Dressers
MaterialsBronze
- By John Stuart Inc.Located in San Leandro, CAHandsome pale grey commode/chest of drawers by Plymouth Furniture for John Stuart NY. The chest has been meticul...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsWalnut
$3,000 Sale Price25% Off - By Merton GershunLocated in San Leandro, CAWalnut Highboy with full length sculpted drawer pulls by Merton Gershun. The drawers have beautiful graining and...Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
MaterialsWalnut
You May Also Like
Mid-20th Century American Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Wood
Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Brass
Vintage 1950s American Dressers
Silver Plate
The 1stDibs Promise
Learn MoreExpertly Vetted Sellers
Confidence at Checkout
Price-Match Guarantee
Exceptional Support
Buyer Protection
Insured Global Delivery