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Ado Chale Furniture

Known to some as “the alchemist of high minerals,” Ado Chale uses semi-precious stones, metals and organic materials like fossilized sequoia and redwoods in his marvelous tables and decorative objects. Over the course of his long career, the prolific Belgian designer, sculptor and decorator turned a passion for mineralogy and love for the natural world into elegant, sculptural furniture.

Born Adolphe Pelsener in Brussels in 1928, the designer learned cabinetry from his woodworker father and trained in ironwork at a young age under local blacksmiths. During a trip to Germany in the late 1950s, he became enamored with minerals, and turned his attention to creating seating, tables and other furnishings with a range of unconventional materials.

At the beginning of the 1960s, Pelsener changed his name to Ado Chale and opened a gallery in Brussels with his wife, a gemologist named Huguette Schaal. He began to create sophisticated mosaic inlays for tabletops using pyrite fragments. He worked with malachite and turquoise and also worked in metal, producing decorative objects and furniture like his iconic aluminum goutte d’eau coffee tables. Chale used epoxy resin to lend his tables an opulent sheen. His incorporation of exquisite natural materials like agate and petrified wood rendered his furniture unlike anything else. Chale’s work was soon in high demand — his clientele included the Belgian royal family and notable architects and designers like Alberto Pinto, Peter Marino and Jacques Grange.

In 1967, Chale’s designs were included in the Universal Exhibition in Montreal. In the decades since, he has continued to exhibit his work, including at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels in 2017.

On 1stDibs, find a range of vintage Ado Chale tables, lighting and more.

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Creator: Ado Chale
Table Lamp by Ado Chale, 1975, Belgium
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Ado Chale work puts naturalistic materials at the centre of his creation. The present lamp presents a petrified wood stone, rich in colors. Chale created the made to measure solid br...
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1970s Belgian Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Brass

Suite of four “vide poche”in bronze by Ado Chale mi
By Ado Chale
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Rare serie of 4 “vide poche”in casted bronze made in late seventies by famous Belgian designer Ado Chale . Some patina and oxidation on the bronze. It can of course be cleaned and ev...
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1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Bronze

Backlit cocktail table by Ado Chale
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Backlit cocktail table by Ado Chale Backlit cocktail table by Ado Chale. Backlit table in resin decorated with half-moon mosaic of carnelian agate. Black conical base with 8 legs of ...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Agate, Carnelian

Ado Châle Table “Goutte D’eau” Bronze Belgium 1980 Signed
By Ado Chale
Located in Paris, FR
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...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Metal, Bronze

Ado Chale, "Goutte D’eau" Coffee Table, Aluminum, Black Metal, Belgium, 1970s
By Ado Chale
Located in High Point, NC
A "Goutte D’eau", aluminum and black metal coffee table designed and produced by Ado Chale, Brussels, Belgium, 1970s.
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1970s Belgian Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Metal, Aluminum

Mid-Century Modern Pepper Coffee Table by Ado Chale, Belgium, 1970s
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pepper Coffee Table by Ado Chale, Belgium, 1970s.
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1970s Belgian Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Pepper Coffee Table by Ado Chale, Belgium, 1970s
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Pepper Coffee Table by Ado Chale , Belgium, 1970s Signed.
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1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Wood

Goutte d’eau 'Teardrop' by Ado Chale, Pair of High Tables or Pedestal Tables
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of high tables in cast bronze of slightly different heights. The top rests on a black painted steel tripod foot. The model is named by the artist “Goutte d’eau” because it rep...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Bronze

Ado Chale Signed Sculptural Cast Aluminum Vide-Poche, circa 1970, Belgium
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice sculptural Ado Chale bowl, designed circa 1970, Belgium. Cast and polished aluminum signed Chale on the inner rim. Dimensions: 16 cm W, 14 cm D, 5 cm H. Original vintage item...
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1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Aluminum

Ado Chale Peppercorn, Sculptural Dining Table, Belgium, 1990’s
By Ado Chale
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Dining table designed and produced by Ado Chale in his own workshop in Belgium in the 1990’s. Table leaf with rastered inlay of Madagascar peppercorns, finished with transparent epox...
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1990s Belgian Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Metal

Ado Chale Circular Coffee Table Black Resin and Petrified Wood
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
Ado Chale circular coffee table black resin and Arizona petrified wood, circa 1980, signed by the artist. Very good condition.
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1980s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

Materials

Stone

Circular high pedestal table by Ado Chale, Belgium
By Ado Chale
Located in Brussels, BE
High circular pedestal table, in black resin inlaid with bone marquetry arranged in 4 circles of abstract design. The top resting on a large tripod foot with round sections, the rou...
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20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Resin

Black Resin and Agate Coffee Table by Ado Chale
By Ado Chale
Located in London, GB
Black resin coffee table sitting on a wooden base with inset agate, designed by Ado Chale. Signed 'Chale' to the front with a ruby. Ado Chale ...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Resin

Ado Chale Rare Coffee Table in Petrified Wood and Steel, Belgium, 1968
By Ado Chale
Located in New York, NY
Ado Chale (b. 1928) An early and exceptional organic coffee table by Ado Chale. Chale’s iconic tripod base, in enameled steel, supports a gleaming cross section of petrified Arizo...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Metal

Ado Chale Rare Fossilized Wood Top Table 1960s
By Ado Chale
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary coffee table incorporating a polished fossilized wood top with jewel tones on a black metal base by Ado Chale, Belgium 1960's. There are...
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1960s Belgian Organic Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

Materials

Metal

Coffee Table by Ado Chale, circa 1960, Belgium
By Ado Chale
Located in Girona, Spain
Ado Chale rare coffee table in Petrified wood and steel Polished Petrified wood tatle Top Petrified Arizona Sequoia Iconic tripod base Enameled Steel Base with Rollers Original ...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Ado Chale Furniture

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Steel

Mid-Century Modern Lamp in Petrifies Wood by Ado Chale
By Ado Chale
Located in London, GB
This fine quality brass table lamp with one light, which directs a beam onto a large slab of petrified wood. Signed to base. There were only around five of these examples ever made ...
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1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ado Chale Furniture

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Petrified Wood

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Ado Chale furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Ado Chale furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Ado Chale furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Ado Chale were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Christian Krekels, Etienne Allemeersch, and Willy Ceysens. Prices for Ado Chale furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at £2,525 and can go as high as £84,132, while a piece like these, on average, fetch £25,640.

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