Architectural Italian Dining Table with Stone and Glass

Superstudio, dining table 'Teso', glass, lacquered ash, steel, Italy 1970s A remarkable table designed by the Italian architecture and design group Superstudio, established in 1966 by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia...

Superstudio, dining table 'Teso', glass, lacquered wood, wire, Italy, 1970s A remarkable table designed by the Italian architecture and design group Superstudio, established in 1966 by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia...

Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti, 'Paracarro' dining table, glass, concrete, chrome-plated steel, mosaic, Italy, 1970 This sculptural dining table is designed by Giovanni Offredi for S...

Dining table, brass, chromed steel, smoked glass, Italy, 1970s This dining table features a geometric, clear-lined frame top in smoked glass and is surrounded by a brass border and ...

This exceptionally rare circular expanding dining table was designed by Robert Jupe and crafted by the English cabinetmakers Johnstone & Jeanes, successors to Johnstone, Jupe & Co. One of only a handful known from the firm, this table illustrates the Victorian era's quest to combine technical innovation with superb and beautiful craftsmanship. Complete with its original leaves, the table’s circular top is formed from eight separate segments. When the top is rotated, an ingenious swivel mechanism causes the sections to diverge, allowing a set of small or large leaves to be inserted for an adjustable increase in size. The design for the table was patented by Robert Jupe in 1835, who had envisioned “an improved expanding table so constructed that the sections composing its surface may be caused to diverge from a common center and that the spaces caused thereby may be filled up by inserting leaves or filling pieces.” The first of these fascinating tables were created between 1835 and 1840 during his partnership with John Johnstone and their firm of Johnstone, Jupe & Co. in London. Jupe left the company in 1840, after which the firm changed its name due to a new partnership and became Johnstone & Jeanes. The firm would eventually achieve international fame for its remarkable designs, exhibiting a "circular table made on the expanding principle" like this one at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Jupe was not alone in his fascination with combining the technical merits of engineering and mechanics with the more artful pursuit of cabinet making. The first half of the 19th century saw a prolific increase in the popularity of applying new ideas to furniture principles, which allowed furniture to serve many purposes. The resulting “patent” furniture...

Gorgeous custom pedestal table with two 12 inch leaves. Table measures 60 inches diameter without leaves and 84 inches long with leaves. Can be m...

1970s Angelo Mangiarotti round pedestal dining table for Skipper in highly figured gray Mondragone marble with black and white veining, and many subtlties. This table is from the M1 ...

1970s Organic Modern Angelo Mangiarotti round pedestal dining table for Skipper in highly figured white Carrara marble w...