This T.H Robsjohn-Gibbings (1903-1976) dining room ensemble from Widdicomb Furniture was purchased in 1951-1952 and it passed to son in 2001. The set has been in the family since purchase and is in great condition.
The set is made from solid fruitwood & consists of an oval dining room table, a center leaf to extend the table, thick felt pads for the table & leaf, & six chairs (two with arms, four without arms). All are in excellent vintage condition consistent with usage and age.
TABLE
The table is Model #1642 Oval Dining Table & its dimensions are:
Width: 44"
Height: 29"
Long: 72"
Height to table skirt: 26"
LEAF
Comes with an 18" leaf
Table with leaf is 90" long
CHAIRS
The chairs are Model #4209 Ladderback Chairs & their dimensions are:
Height: 34"
Width: 22.25"
Depth: 20.25"
Seat Height: 17.75"
The chairs were re-upholstered in 2021 with black canvas.
*****
British-born designer, interior decorator and author T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings 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.
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 style he designed, Robsjohn-Gibbings was guided by simplicity and timelessness. He wanted his furniture to be lived with happily.
This T.H Robsjohn-Gibbings (1903-1976) dining room ensemble from Widdicomb Furniture was purchased in 1951-1952 and it passed to son in 2001. The set has been in the family since purchase and is in great condition.
The set is made from solid fruitwood & consists of an oval dining room table, a center leaf to extend the table, thick felt pads for the table & leaf, & six chairs (two with arms, four without arms). All are in excellent vintage condition consistent with usage and age.
TABLE
The table is Model #1642 Oval Dining Table & its dimensions are:
Width: 44"
Height: 29"
Long: 72"
Height to table skirt: 26"
LEAF
Comes with an 18" leaf
Table with leaf is 90" long
CHAIRS
The chairs are Model #4209 Ladderback Chairs & their dimensions are:
Height: 34"
Width: 22.25"
Depth: 20.25"
Seat Height: 17.75"
The chairs were re-upholstered in 2021 with black canvas.
*****
British-born designer, interior decorator and author T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings 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.
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 style he designed, Robsjohn-Gibbings was guided by simplicity and timelessness. He wanted his furniture to be lived with happily.
