Product description
Each impressed 73931
Olive wood and leather
33 1/2 x 20 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. (85.1 x 51.7 x 55.2 cm)
Provenance:
Collection of Gustave Tassel, fashion designer, Los Angeles
Literature:
Ralph Flint, "Robsjohn-Gibbings: Chair Maitre" ArtNews, June-July 1942, p. 22
“Robsjohn-Gibbings: 25 Years of his Work,” Interior Design, May 1961, p. 125 (for the model in the residence of Conrad Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA, 1940)
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings and Carlton W. Pullin, Furniture of Classical Greece, New York, 1964, p. 113
"T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings: 1905-1976," Interior Design, December 1976, p. 207
Dave G. Houser, “The Attic Spirit, Fashion Designer’s Paean to Greece in Los Angeles,” Architectural Digest, September 1983, p. 108 (for the present lot illustrated)