Rare Coffee Table by Italian Architect Lorenzo Forges Davanzati, 1961, Published

This beautiful and elegant free-form table by German sculptor Knut Hesterberg was produced by the German company, Ronald Schmidt, in very small numbers during the short period of 1974-1975 and so is very rarely seen on the market. The sculptural base is made of pressure die cast aluminium. This design is published as Figure 30 in Belloli's monograph on Hesterberg's work entitled "Knut Hesterberg, Skulptur and design" by Carlo Belloli, Milan, Italy which was published in 1983. A copy of the original page documenting this table will be provided to the buyer. (please see image 4). Knut Hesterberg is a world famous German sculptor who started his career at the graphic arts and design studio in Zurich, Switzerland where he came into contact with the architect and artist Max Bill who had a great influence on his future work. He has exhibited his sculptures all over Europe and many of his large scale sculptures are permanently installed in public spaces throughout Germany and a few in Italy (please see image 10 for an example) . In the late 1960s he was asked to design a series of limited production sculptural form tables...

High quality manufactured Italian coffee or side table with sculptural shaped nickel-plated solid steel legs A smoked glass top is set in a rosewood colour lacquered hardwood to w...

Cute Italian 1950s side table with a marble oval top in the style of Ico Parisi The base is made of solid carved walnut and its shape has nice organic details and a wonderful agi...

Rare and probably one of a kind planter coffee table in brass and brown lacquered goatskin by Milanese artist, Aldo Tura. Italy, circa 1960s. Exquisite, rare design. Aldo Tura was...

A rare coffee table designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Asko Finland 1950's African Padouk veneered top with two leaf pattern inlays of laminated Birch, Haz...

Beautiful minimalist sculptural form ' MBR 03' coffee table designed in 1968 by French master designer Michel Boyer for Rouve, Paris. Michel Boyer designed a small series of 'MBR' white laminate tables with varying overall dimensions and proportions of inset storage compartments but all based on the same theme. These tables were produced in small numbers in 1968 by the high end Avant Garde manuacturer Rouve who were based in Rue Bonaparte in Paris. Please see copy of original Rouve advert (image 2) which documents this exact model, the 'MBR 03'. The table is high quality and extremely heavy for its dimensions, finished in elegant white laminate with elegant detailing such as the rounded corners and inset storage compartments, for bottles, plants, magazines etc which add greatly to the overall sculptural form. The white minimalist form is supported on a hardwood plinth and clearly shows influences from the 'Groupe de Recherche d'art Visuel' artists based in Paris who were creating experimental works in both kinetic and op art during the same period as well as the scene eminating out of the 'Galerie Rene Denise' who were exhibiting these key 1960s artworks  One of Michel Boyer's most famous interior design projects was for the interior of the Rothschild bank in Paris in 1970, please see image 6, where he installed a number of his white laminate 'MBR' tables alongside a series of dramatic wall hung 'Espaces chromatiques carrés' kinetic cubic light sculptures by the artist Gregorio Vardanega...

Rare glass coffee tableby Pierluigi Colli. Edged glass top with etched motifs on bent metal base.

Side table / coffee table in stained pinewood produced by Nordiska Kompaniet, 1940s. Possibly designed by Axel-Einar Hjorth.

A rare orange color swivel coffee table from the Molar Group manufactured by Beylerian, circa 1969. The table is one of the only designs in the molar group that is adjustable by swiv...

The artful design of this small coffee table made by Daniel Clément in the 1970s was brought to life with hundreds of carved mirror pieces, arranged to form a tight mosaic. The mosai...

A very beautiful Italian coffee or side table handcrafted out of marble in the 80's. The fabulous black marble features a beautiful pattern. We work with professional packers an...

Very nice round Italian marble coffee table with a thick glass plate, 1980's. The fabulous marble features a beautiful pattern of di...