1960s-1970s Design White Marble and Black Wooden Console Table

Console table with shelves and lateral decorative inlays entirely made in wood, designed by the French designer and craftsman Pierre Chapo, French Manufacture from 1960s Pierre Chapo was first interested in painting, his encounter with a shipbuilding carpenter in 1947, introduced him to wood and woodworking; and led him to architectural studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After traveling through Scandinavia, and Central America and working for a year in the United States, he returned to Paris and pursued his interest in wood, crafting furniture mainly out of solid oak, elm, ash or teak with a double concern for contemporary design and traditional know-how. He opened a gallery on boulevard de l'Hôpital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, where along with his own creations, he displayed the work of other craftsmen or artists such as Isamu Noguchi with whom he shared a sculptural and organic approach to design. Special custom orders started coming in, Samuel Beckett...

This one-of-a-kind vintage console of modern design, one of a pair, is a work of art entirely handmade, decorated with a mosaic of small white ceramic squares, framed all around by h...

This console table is made of chrome with a clear glass shelf. This is a nice design, very simple and pure. This is a French work, circa 1970.

Console table with a base in black lacquered metal and an ovoidal table top in granite, originally designed by Aimaro Oreglia d'Isola and Roberto Gabetti f...