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What modern was Mid-century masters of luxury.(Report)
Whatever is new, is bad," Wallace Nutting wrote in 1925. A minister-turned-entrepreneur who almost single-handedly popularized the colonial revival style via the sale of period furniture reproductions, Nutting (1861-1941) was one of the most acerbic partisans in an aesthetic light waged in the early decades of the twentieth century--a battle between modernism and tradition.
In the 1920s and 1930s the cream of the American aristocracy was firmly entrenched in the latter camp. In 1927, while the architect Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953) was completing the structure and furnishings for his groundbreaking Bauhaus style beach house for Philip M. Lovell (1895-1978), a ...
- T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings: a designer of modern furniture with mass appeal, he...
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful Pittel, Christine November 1, 2002 700+ words
...interior design showroom featured something New York hadn't seen before: stark white walls...wit as memorable as his decor, T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905-76) became a fixture...blond wood with simple square cushions, Robsjohn-Gibbings's pieces were modern, not...
- Mr. Simplicity.(furniture designer T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings)
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful Heard, Frances T. May 1, 1996 700+ words
Twenty years after his death, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, opposite, is still making a name for himself...articulate spokesman for the decade of the forties is T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings. If Mr. Gibbings could be summed up in a nutshell...
- Karsh course. .(Of particul enjoyment was the article on T. H....
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful Hill, Roseanne January 1, 2003 700+ words
...in your November issue is exactly what I have been looking for in a magazine. I particularly enjoyed the article on T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, including the portrait by Yousuf Karsh, who lived in Ottawa for many years. Roseanne Hill Ottawa, Ontario
- Slimmed down for summer: in Southampton, New York, architect Walter Chatham...
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Barreneche, Raul June 1, 2004 700+ words
...wife in Southampton, New York. The single-level structure...designers. Found at some of New York's best galleries, rare...Schilcher of Salon Moderne, a New York show-room, designed...Schilcher took T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings as her model...
- It's all in the balance: spirit and art, work and home--contrasts achieve...
- Magazine article from: Interior Design Tully, Judd October 1, 2005 700+ words
What would a New York loft took like if it had to embrace the suppleness of ancient yoga...pieces mix: The curves of a mahogany-topped cocktail table by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings and a tomato-red Womb chair and ottoman by Eero Saarinen...
- Soft-Focus Modern.(townhouse, New York)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: House Beautiful PITTEL, CHRISTINE April 1, 2000 700+ words
...require his and her offices. In hers, fiberglass chairs from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair pull up to a lacquered desk by Robsjohn-Gibbings. Antique Chinese cabinets were found at a Paris flea market. Laura Resen's husband writes at an old library...
- World-Renowned 50s Designer Collection Unveiled November 10 at Gorman's Gallery...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 27, 1998 700+ words
...designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings...Modern Art in New York -- will be unveiled...Born in London, Robsjohn-Gibbings moved to New York and was commissioned...Bloomingdale's, the New York-based retailer...enjoy T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings...
- New York Times Publishes Updated Editions of Tourist Guides; The New York Times...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 15, 2002 700+ words
Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002 The New York Times will issue the 2003 editions of its authoritative guides this month. The three publications, The New York Times Guide to New York City, The New York Times...
