Estimated value: 15.000-20.000 US$
Reached Price : 25.000 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2004-10-03
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 265
Design
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Year
1953-1954
Manufacturer
Widdicomb
Architonic id
4105373
Mahogany
82"w x 51"d x 17.5"h
The sinuey lines of the Mesa coffee table recall the sculpture of Jean Arp and the surrealists. Robsjohn-Gibbings' biomorphic table adds a unique dimension to the uniplanar interiors popular in the 1950s.
Literature:
Decorative Arts, The Studio Year Book of Furnishing & Decoration, vol. 43, Holme and Frost, pg. 26