Conference Table with Black Top and Solid Walnut Frame

Florence Knoll for Florence Knoll International, large dining table, walnut, metal, United States, 1963. Large dining or conference table with boat shaped top in walnut. The table has six cylindrical metal legs. The top of this table shows the beautiful grain of the luxurious walnut. Nicely contrast of the natural and elegant top with modern and clean base. Due to its tapered shape, everyone at the table will be able to look each other in the eye. A perfect table for any dinner or meeting. Florence Knoll (1917) was trained as an architect and had a sense of style from a very young age. During her school time at Cranbrook, Eliel Saarinen (then the headmaster) and his family included her in their family. In 1936 she met Alvar Aalto and was trained by Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and (as if the long list of eminent designers is not long enough) Mies van der Rohe. This meant that although she was barely out of her teens, she was educated by the best of the European modernists. When she arrived in New York she worked on interior projects (being the only female) which is how she came to know Hans Knoll. When Florence joined Knoll, the planning unit started. Florence also made sure that the designs where more 'American Modernist' instead of Scandinavian, When Hans Knoll died she...

Superstudio, dining table 'Teso', metal, glass, Italy 1970s Exceptional table by the Italian architecture and design group Superstudio. The rectangular table has a clear glass top. The frame consist of four large tubular legs executed in metallic coated metal. The legs are supported by crossed steel-wire. Due to the clear glass top the constructive base is nicely visible from every perspective. Superstudio was set up in 1966 in Florence by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia...

Superstudio, dining table 'Teso', metal, glass, Italy 1970s Exceptional table by the Italian architecture and design group Superstudio, founded in 1966 by Adolfo Natalini and Cristiano Toraldo di Francia...

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Stefano Giovannoni designs Frame for Ghidini1961, a new collection composed of sofas, armchairs, dining and coffee tables, bookshelves and cabinets. Everything starts from a simple e...

Stefano Giovannoni designs Frame for Ghidini1961, a new collection composed of sofas, armchairs, dining and coffee tables, bookshelves and cabinets. Everything starts from a simple e...

Stefano Giovannoni designs Frame for Ghidini1961, a new collection composed of sofas, armchairs, dining and coffee tables, bookshelves and cabinets. Everything starts from a simple e...

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Surprising and still contemporary design for the time, if you consider that it is a table from the early 1950s; still very original and unique in its style. Clean and simple design. ...