Ado Chale 'Goutte D’Eau' Coffee Table in Bronze

Knut Hesterberg, coffee table, bronzed metal, glass, Germany, 1965 As the name ‘Propeller’ already predicts this coffee table by Knut Hesterberg features a base that looks like the ...

Coffee table, travertine, Italy, 1970s. Beautiful coffee table in travertine and made in Italy in the 1970s. This interesting coffee table feature...

Coffee table, marble, brass, bronze Italy, 1950s Hailing from a skilled artisan of Italy, this exceptional coffee table reflects the design principles of the Mid-Century era that ro...

Transformable coffee or side table, cork, Europe, 1980s This playful coffee or side table can easily be transformed into several functional shapes. It consists of four individual la...

Coffee table, stainless steel, France, 1970s. A sleek coffee table with a distinctive look, inspired by the 70s French stainless steel furniture style. Noted designers such as Miche...

Coffee table, ash, rubber, glass, Italy, 1970s This ash coffee table from Italy consists of a wooden grid, build up out of maple laths. Four solid round legs end up in four round en...

Ado châle table “goutte d’eau” bronze Belgium circa 1980 signed. Iconic bronze table "goutte d'eau "by Belgium artist ado Chale. 3 feet in metal Very good...

Ado Chale early rare "Goutte d'eau" oval coffee table with cast bronze table top on two sets of tripod black lacquered metal bases. This exquisite sculptural coffee table was made by...

A "Goutte D’eau", aluminum and black metal coffee table designed and produced by Ado Chale, Brussels, Belgium, 1970s.

Dining Table Goutte d'Eau by Ado Chale, Bronze, Belgium - Signed

Coffee table en marqueterie de zinc et laiton ceinturée d'un large bandeau en aluminium avec cloutage rond en laiton. Finition brossée satinée. 3 pieds tubulaires de forte section ...

Ado Chale ‘‘Pastilles’’ illuminated coffee table, 1983 Mosaic of cornaline agate stones and resin H. 35 x 150ø cm Son of a woodworker, Ado Chale spent his formative years in the Belgian countryside and began working with metal at a young age, training initially as an iron-worker. In the 1950s, he began working with sheet metal on which he would test various methods of printing with enamel. However, it was on a trip to Germany that he found his true passion: mineralogy. Stones, precious and semi-precious as well as fossils and other natural minerals, became the focal point of his self-taught artistic path. In 1961, Chale opened a mineral shop in Brussels where he showed his first creations featuring inclusions of marcasite, a dark stone he discovered on the beaches of the Cape of Blanc- Nez in northern France. By 1965, these creations had garnered significant attention and he began to widen the range of his creations. He began working with a great variety of stones and fossilized wood and developing new techniques, one of the most remarkable of which is featured in the ‘‘Pastilles’’ coffee table: the integration of light. Noticing the transformation of certain stones when lit from a certain angle, Chale aimed to demonstrate the delicate details that remained hidden without this illumination. With this objective in mind, he began integrating lighting systems beneath the mosaic tops of his coffee tables, a rare technique of which Chale was a true pioneer. Beyond the striking effect achieved through the illumination of his tables, Chale’s mastery in mosaic resulted in truly unique tabletops - no two mosaics exactly the same. Over the years, Chale’s creations found their way into some of the world’s most prestigious collections, both private and public, including those of the British royal family, the King of Saudi Arabia, Belgium’s King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of Ado Chale’s creation, an occasion celebrated with a landmark exhibition at the Galerie Yves Gastou.