Sidney Gibson
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a pair of Swedish Grace stools, Sparreholms Snickerifabrik 1920s.
Stained birch, legs with turned decoration. Length 52 cm, width 37 cm, height 47 cm.
Wear, repairs, minor damage.
Provenance
Architect Bertil Stenby (1899-1975), Samseryd Manor, Gislaved Municipality, Småland.
Stenby was involved in the construction of Stockholm City Hall in the early 1920s, where Sidney Gibson was responsible for the design of several pieces of furniture.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
Erik Wettergren, "L’art Décoratif Moderne en Suède", Malmö Museum 1925, compare p. 167.
Ernst Fischer, "Svenska möbler i bild", Natur och kultur 1950, compare p. 131.
More information
At the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition of 1923, several pieces of furniture designed by Sidney Gibson were displayed, including two types of stools with turned legs. The present stools are a somewhat rationalized variant of one of these exhibited models.
Designer
Sidney Gibson was a Swedish sculptor and artisan. He studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm from 1896 to 1899 and was an architecture student at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1902 to 1905. He then undertook study trips abroad, including to London, Paris, and Florence. Gibson was hired by Ragnar Östberg in the construction of the Stockholm City Hall, where he executed the sculpture group "Mother with Child" on the eastern tower. As an artisan, Gibson has primarily focused on furniture, lighting, and silver pieces, notably in the interior of the Great Gallery in Stockholm City Hall. As an exhibitor, he participated in the Baltic Exhibition in Malmö in 1914 and the Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition in 1923. Gibson is represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
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