Italian Florentine Walnut and Verdi Alpi Marble Coffee Table, circa 1940

A fine French Art Deco Palisander wood rectangular coffee table with rounded chrome leg supports and ball feet. The natural variation of the wood creates a stunning and dramatic eff...

A unique and visually captivating Osvaldo Borsani cocktail table. The very thick circular crystal glass top is supported by three canted legs interconnected by an undulating exubera...

An exceptional Italian modernist fossilized marble cocktail table. The large polished marble top containing embedded ammonite and orthoceras fossils dating back to the Pre-historic ...

The 'Jumbo' Carrara marble coffee table by the famed female Italian architect Gae Aulenti, (Italy, 1927-2012) made for Knoll. Literature: Gramigna, Giuliana. Repertorio Dell'Arredo Domestico 1950-2000 Allemandi: Torino, 2003, p. 111. Size: 14 1/2" high x 44 3/4" square just table top x 67" square total The iconic design constitutes a spectacular and grand square slab of Carrara marble with a total of six pieces including the sculpted and canted corner legs; It is one of the first tables where marble, a material removed for years from the world of furniture, makes its reappearance where the material in itself has a striking and expressive aesthetic and not used as a decorative element but used constructively according to its technological characteristics. One of Aulenti's most significant designs, an impressive and grand, yet minimalist and bold addition to any home interior. Gae Aulenti (born December 4, 1927, Palazzolo dello Stella, Italy–died December 31, 2012, Milan, Italy). Gae (or Gai) Aulenti was a prominent postwar Italian designer and architect who lent her fluid approach to media and material to some of the most important architectural and interior designs of the late 20th century. Aulenti attended Politecnico di Milano in the mid 1950's and established her design practice in the same city shortly after graduation. She rose to prominence while serving as the art director for Casabella, a leading avant-garde architectural journal of the era. It was during these early years that Aulenti’s unique design philosophy emerged, one that centered on the ultimate freedom of the designer from the limitations of practice to a singular medium. Rather than selecting one style and imposing it upon a space, Gae Aulenti believed instead that the space and its inhabitants should inform the design around them. What resulted was a body of work that spanned all realms. From smaller furnishings...

In the Bic coffee table a central aluminum frame supports the top and holds the legs, both made of marble. The resulting visual effect is that of a solid stone piece held tight by a ...

fine and original low table, coffe table with brass feet and verde alpi marble top, walnut, designed by Guglielmo Ulrich, 1940 verde alpi marble, walnut finished rosewood and brass ...

Honed Verdi Alpi marble end table.

Honed Verdi Alpi marble end table.