Folder 12
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Contains 4 Results:
[Furniture catalog. Paper. Octo, poster size. Has Sobota’s seal imprint.] Widdicomb / designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings. n.d. Poor condition. No photocopying. See Usage Copy.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
Dates:
n.d.
American Society of Furniture Designers’ Distinguished Designer Award. Furniture Today, Oct. 22, 1989., p. 53.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
Dates:
n.d.
Great Adaptations. Home [section] The Tampa Tribune, Aug. 3, 1991.
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
Dates:
n.d.
A Flair for Furniture / by Jeanne Malmgren. St. Petersburg Times. [12/10/1989] [Bio info. 1948 left his uncle, Karl Schmidt. First acct. Grand Rapids Bookcase and Chair Co. Next yr., Mount Airy Furniture and Chair Co., later Century Furniture and Hekman Furniture added to client list. 1954 Citation line for Century Furniture Co., the company about to go under. 65 pieces, Cherry, clean lines, tapered legs with brass collars. 38 years as Director of Design for Century, created more than 135 collections, all with names beginning with “C”
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Trade literature in the collection documents Sobota's reference library as well as his own furniture design. Those incorporating other designers include the Berkey & Gay Style Book, which may include works of his uncle Karl Schmidt, Widdicomb designs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Renzo R. Rutili designs for Johnson Furniture Co. and Finn Juhl's designs for Baker. Sobota is known to have worked for the Grand Rapids Bookcase & Chair Co. and Hekman Furniture, though it is unknown if the...
Dates:
n.d.