ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS Terence Harold (1905-1976) - Lot 195

ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS Terence Harold (1905-1976) Klismos No. 3" chair with a wide back resting on four molded saber feet, seat covered with leather strap. Signed and numbered 95486. Height 88,5 cm - Width 52 cm - Depth 75 cm - Bibl. T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings & Carlton W. Pullin "Furniture of Classical Greece", op cit, rep. pp. 23, 26, 49, 55 and 56. Trade catalog, Saridis, 1970, np; - Bibl. E. Derek & Ostergard "Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946", The Americana Federation of Arts, 1987, similar model rep. p. 66, figure 1-7. - Hist. The Klismos chair was inspired by a fifth-century B.C. drawing that Gibbings found on a marble tombstone. He said, "It is to furniture what the Parthenon is to architecture. The first pair of Klismos chairs was made as part of the "Sans Epoque" collection for his Madison Avenue showroom in 1936, and later adapted for Casa Encantada. The Klismos chair pictured, in Greek walnut and webbing leather, was part of the 1961 "Furniture of Classical Greece" collection. It is Gibbings' best known piece of furniture.