T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
(1905-1976)
Rare Trapeza table
Walnut top with three bronze legs and stretchers
Brass manufacturer’s label to underside ‘Design by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Manufactured by Saridis of Athens’.
Impressed numbers to underside ‘59150′
Produced by Saridis
c. 1963
Greece

Height 50 cm
Length 76 cm
Depth 76 cm

Re-creation of a Greek table from a kylix of the 5th century B.C. terminating on lions paw feet
Tables of this type are often depicted alongside couches for dining and the advantage of the three legs is in it’s stability on an uneven floor.

Bibliography
Furniture of Classical Greece – T.H.Robsjohn Gibbings & Carlton W. Pullin, ed Knopf 1963, pp 26, 110, 111