Brueton Egypt Dining Table Square 1990s Post-Modern Sycamore Wenge Stripe Burl

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Brueton Egypt Dining Table Square 1990s Post-Modern Sycamore Wenge Stripe Burl

About the Item

Post-Modern Square Dining Table by Stanley Friedman for Brueton Industries, White Sycamore and Wenge, 1990's, limited edition of 75 For the first time in Brueton’s history, a limited edition product will be offered. Only 75 if these magnificent tables will be produced. The Ancient Egyptian emphasis on formal geometry, canon of proportion, visual clarity and order as well as strict reorganization and display of time, space and narrative served as the basis for so much of what today is considered the Classical aesthetic tradition. In other words, radical stylization, abstraction even, underlies even the earliest forms of ‘naturalism’ or ‘realism’ in the Western artistic tradition. The Egypt table designed by Stanley Jay Friedman is an homage to the Classicism and Modernism, with its elegant and staid geometric design. However the decorative patterning of English White Sycamore and Wenge bring to life the fantastic human desire for creation, communication and ornament that is at the heart of what is considered to be the most fundamental of forms. The Pyramids and other Egyptian royal artistic production, after all, were just as much of a dazzling spectacle in their own time as the Hollywood versions of Ancient Egypt in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The Parthenon was brightly polychromed. The Venus de Milo wore jewelry. The Egypt table was only produced in limited edition capped at 75. This example comes from the personal collection of Brueton’s former owner. A stunning, museum-worthy post-modern masterpiece, the Egypt table is not to be missed. During its short window of production in the 1990s, the Egypt table had an MSRP of 45,000 USD.

Creator:
Brueton (Manufacturer),Stanley Jay Friedman (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)Depth: 60 in (152.4 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Sycamore,Wenge
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Late 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1980s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Very good to excellent condition. Minor age appropriate wear possible but no apparent damage to finish or issues of concern. Gorgeous, spellbinding piece.
Seller Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4190313373531

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Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.

Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.

For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)

Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.

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