Glorious Days at Chieftans: The Gimbel Estate
"Glorious Days at Chieftans : The Gimbel Estate" Designer Showhouse Inc. Premier The Gimbel Estate Greenwich, Connecticut Fig. 1 “(Bernard F. Gimbel’s) ‘ Chieftans’ Estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, 1932-1934” by Robert Yarnall Richie. Once upon a time the Rich, the Famous, and the Beautiful amused themselves at Chieftans , the former Greenwich estate of the late Bernard and Alva Gimbel. For one magical evening, Chieftans came alive again at the gala event organized for the Designer Showhouse Premiere where Mrs. J. Stillman Rockefeller served as Honorary Benefit Chairman, and members of the Gimbel family served on the Honorary Committee. Designer Mario Buatta was Showhouse Chairman, and Paula Rice Jackson, Editor-in-Chief of Interiors magazine, served as Chairman of the Selections Committee. Twenty-two national designers created a sense of splendour that might have been found at Chieftans during its social heyday in Green...