Ado Chale 'Goutte d’Eau' Coffee Table in Aluminium

Willy Ceysens, coffee table, cast aluminium, stainless steel, Belgium, 1970s Alluring coffee table designed by Willy Ceysens. This remarkable item is a true eye catcher with its out...

Coffee table, pine, Italy, 1970s This playful Italian coffee table shows minimalism in a fun and unique way. The design features four wooden spheres adorned with black stripes, whic...

Coffee table, glass, steel, Europe, 1970s. This sculptural coffee table embodies a transparent glass top and geometric frame and horizontal red slats as a foot. Four curved iron sla...

Coffee table, brass, walnut burl, Belgium, 1980s. Belgian coffee table in glamorous look. Both the legs in brass and the vivid tabletop create an admirable design. The rectangular t...

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

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.

Surprising coffee table designed by Ado Chale. The legs are wood and the top is made of polished peppercorns.

Ado Chale circular coffee table black resin and Arizona petrified wood, circa 1980, signed by the artist. Very good condition.