Coffee Table by Ado Chale Mid-Modern Century

Ado Chale’s Bronze Sphere This captivating bronze sphere, a testament to the artistic genius of Ado Chale, exudes timeless elegance. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, it ...

Coffee table with a optical work of art of colored inlaid of resins giving a tremendous effect in the manner of Fornasetti or Vasarely . Probably made in the ‘70. Not signed and no...

A massive table top in Travertine, known for its beauty, durability, and clean, neutral appearance, is a cream-colored stone often used for coffee tables. Imagine a minimalist design...

Beautiful low table in solid wenge wood (bois debout) by Jules Wabbes for Mobilier Universel 6 foots with with copper finish This table dated from the end of 60’s and is in good ...

Coffee table in carved copper with a stone lighting on a black painted woodmade in the seventies by christian krekels in Belgium.  

Low table part of the desk set in 3 parts that could be combined to form different combinations. Lacquered wood designed by pierre Cardin and Francesco Bocola. Shows some trace of ...

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.

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 ...

Round Ado Chale Coffee Table, Oeil de Tigre, Belgium

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

A turquoise mosaic coffee table designed and produced by Ado Chale, Brussels, Belgium, 1980s. Wooden feets.

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...