Designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, year 1918 This is a smaller version of the table believed to have been designed for W.T. Basset-Lowke. (see models 800,809,844,845) 819 Table with frame in black-stained ash, open pore. L./W. H. P./D. 100 76 100 CM W. H. D. 39,4" 29,9" 39,4" IN Finiture La qualità certificata del Made in Italy…
Designer The Shakers, year 1830 A Shakers design from the New Lebanon Community circa 1830. The earliest converts to Shakerism often brought furniture with them. These were usually undistinguished vernacular pieces. However, with the increase of converts, the Shakers had begun to produce their own furniture by the mid-1780's. The earliest tables were extremely…
Home Designer Eero Saarinen, year 1956 There is some doubt regarding the chronology of the pedestal series. However, it is certain that the chair were developed before the tables. It has been said that Saarinen began drawing the chairs as early as 1953. However, Don Petit, Saarinen's assistant is reported as saying that the first…
Home Designer Eero Saarinen, year 1956 There is some doubt regarding the chronology of the pedestal series. However, it is certain that the chair were developed before the tables. It has been said that Saarinen began drawing the chairs as early as 1953. However, Don Petit, Saarinen's assistant is reported as saying that the first…
Home Designer Eero Saarinen, year 1956 There is some doubt regarding the chronology of the pedestal series. However, it is certain that the chair were developed before the tables. It has been said that Saarinen began drawing the chairs as early as 1953. However, Don Petit, Saarinen's assistant is reported as saying that the first…
Designer Bruno Rainaldi The base of the Vernissage table is its most distinguishing feature:Overall, the load-bearing structure designed in this way standsout for its high level of dynamism, solidity and sculpturalimpact. The top is firmly supported but the final effect is one ofgreat lightness. The base of the Vernissage table is in painted metal ofvarious…
Designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, year 1918 This remake of the traditional gateleg table was allegedly designed for the country home of the industrialist W.Basset Lowke. The client apparently rejected the design. This table and the other models of the series (see models 800,844,845) were never produced during the lifetime of Mackintosh. 809 Table with frame in…
Designer Eileen Gray, year 1927 In the Spring of 1922 while Eileen Gray was finishing the apartment on rue de Lota, she opened a showroom on Rue du Faubourg-St.Honoré to sell her work. For some reason, now unknown, this was called "John Désert". This commercial venture sold carpets, lacquered furniture and Eileen Gray's designs of…
Designer Noguchi, year 1954 The base of this table is said to have been inspired by the form of the traditional Japanese washbasin. It was put into production by Knoll Associates of New York in 1954 and went out of production at the end of the 1950's. This much admired table by the great…
Designer Mizutani, year 1928 Mitzutani is famous as having been one of the few Japanese students at the Bauhaus. His name appears in the Bauhaus student lists for the first time in the Summer of 1927. A few pieces of sculpture done in connection with a workshop conducted by Joseph Albers have been published. Although…
