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T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

"Diphros Okladias" Folding Stool

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

1905-1976


"Diphros Okladias" Folding Stool

designed circa 1961, executed circa 1978

model no. 9

produced by Saridis of Athens, Greece

with manufacturer's label inscribed DESIGNED BY — T.H. ROBSJOHN GIBBINGS/MANUFACTURED BY — SARIDIS OF ATHENS

maple, leather, brass

height 17 ¼ in.; width 31 ½ in.; depth 24 ¼ in.

43.8 cm; 80 cm; 61.6 cm

Private Collection, acquired directly from Saridis of Athens;

Thence by descent;

Wright Chicago, March 22, 2018, lot 206;

Where acquired by the present collector.

"Furniture in Classical Design," Life, September 15, 1961, pp. 82-83

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings and Carlton W. Pullin, Furniture of Classical Greece, New York, 1963, pp. 69 and 71

John Stewart, "A Lost Greek Look Retrieved," Vogue, February 1963, p. 122

Dave G. Houser, “The Attic Spirit, Fashion Designer’s Paean to Greece in Los Angeles,” Architectural Digest, September 1983, p. 107