Hello. First time poster. Been researching a set I'm looking to buy. Offered as a Paul Mccobb dining set. I've included two pics of the chairs (the breakfront is pictured in back of one). I have limited knowledge of Mccobb, but haven't found any chairs similar to these (breakfront def looks "Mccobb"). Does anyone recognize them? The table they are with resembles the x-base Robsjohn-Gibbings design, also nothing similar to Mccobb designs I've seen (included a really low res shot of it here as well). Wondering if it's a misattribution? Would love any wisdom the forum could share. Sorry if a similar chair's been posted - haven't found anything in my searches. Thanks!
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Misattribution indeed
Having studied Paul McCobb's work carefully and amassed significant research I can say without question or hesitation that none of the furniture presented in these photographs was designed by Paul MCCobb.
http://paulmccobb.blogspot.com
thanks straylight
was hoping you'd notice my post since you seem to be the expert. i did find this listing (at metro retro) after starting my thread (have included the image and link) which appears to be the same table. the owner of the set i was looking at did state it was refinished 15 years ago with a slightly darker stain than is typical of his maple designs (and also that it is mccobb for winchendon). does this give you any more direction about it's attribution? thanks!
http://www.metroretrofurniture.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?item=10481&cameFrom=332
Authoritative sources
Any information found on 1stdibs should be taken with a grain of salt. By no means should 1stdibs be considered an authoritative source of information. Case in point: Joe at Metro Retro has a HUGE warehousing operation in Texas and due to the sheer volume of stuff his research can be a bit slapdash at times. Plainly put people make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes make it into a public forum such as 1stdibs.
The table seems to be a copy of a much copied design by Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. The chairs are by Paul McCobb however, so they're 1/2 right.
Perhaps they got the table and chairs together and figured that since the chairs are a well known Paul McCobb design that the table must be too (what I call "the forest and the trees method" of mid-century attribution) Hard to say exactly what drives any particular vendor to make any particular error.
Hope this helps
http://paulmccobb.blogspot.com
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