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1905 England - 1976. Known for: Furniture and interior design, draftsman, writing.
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London... Read full biography
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London design firm of Heaton, Tabb and Co. He then studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and... Read full biography
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London design firm of Heaton, Tabb and Co. He then studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and London University and received additional training at the Slade School of Fine Art. Robsjohn-Gibbings left London and headed to New York in 1930 to work for Charles of London, an importer of Elizabethan... Read full biography
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London design firm of Heaton, Tabb and Co. He then studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and London University and received additional training at the Slade School of Fine Art. Robsjohn-Gibbings left London and headed to New York in 1930 to work for Charles of London, an importer of Elizabethan antiques and furniture. Gibbings opened his own showroom on Madison Avenue in 1936. One of his most important commissions came in 1938, when Robsjohn-Gibbings designed the furniture and interiors for the Casa Encantada in Bel Air, California for... Read full biography
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London design firm of Heaton, Tabb and Co. He then studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and London University and received additional training at the Slade School of Fine Art. Robsjohn-Gibbings left London and headed to New York in 1930 to work for Charles of London, an importer of Elizabethan antiques and furniture. Gibbings opened his own showroom on Madison Avenue in 1936. One of his most important commissions came in 1938, when Robsjohn-Gibbings designed the furniture and interiors for the Casa Encantada in Bel Air, California for Hilda Boldt Weber. Amongst the furniture produced for this large commission, Robjohn-Gibbings introduc... Read full biography
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T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, was born in England in 1905. In his teens, Robsjohn-Gibbings worked as a draftsman designing interiors of passenger ships for the London design firm of Heaton, Tabb and Co.
He then studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and London University and received additional training at the Slade School of Fine Art. Robsjohn-Gibbings left London and headed to New York in 1930 to work for Charles of London, an importer of Elizabethan antiques and furniture.
Gibbings opened his own showroom on Madison Avenue in 1936. One of his most important commissions came in 1938, when Robsjohn-Gibbings designed the furniture and interiors for the Casa En...But wait, there's more...
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