1940s Walnut 6 Drawer Dresser by t.h. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb

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Wonderful blonde maple 6 drawer dresser, credenza or sideboard by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb - Great vintage condition … Read more Glass top.
Wonderful blonde maple 6 drawer dresser, credenza or sideboard by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb - Great vintage condition - Shows little signs of use. Has 6 big, solid oak drawers. Great simple designed credenza or dress.. Clean inside and out. Label Widdicomb inside top drawer. 68" x 21.5" x 30" H.

Robsjohn-Gibbings was an English-born designer who adopted the United States as his country, stands out among Art Deco and midcentury designers because of his stated disdain for the styles of his time. He was inspired by ancient Greek design. He believed that modern furniture should be based on symmetry and rationality.
In the 1940s, Widdicomb asked Robsjohn-Gibbings to design a collection of furniture.
Robsjohn-Gibbings' designs for Widdicomb were well-received. His butler's table was featured in the 1951 Good Design exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He would radically change home furnishings not only through his bespoke pieces, but through his mass produced commercial designs.

Robsjohn-Gibbings also designed interiors for many well-known people, including Elizabeth Arden, Doris Duke, and Alfred Knopf.

Robsjohn-Gibbings largest and most well-known commission—the estate called “Casa Encantada” in Bel Air, California, owned by Hilda Boldt Weber (and later purchased by the hotelier Conrad Hilton in 1950), was a sixty-four room complex filled with over two hundred pieces of Gibbings’ custom designs. I See less