Ado Chale Oval Dining Table with Mosaic Top in Jade Wyoming

Ado Chale, Goutte D’Eau coffee table, cast bronze, lacquered steel, Belgium, 1983-1984 The Goutte D’Eau coffee table is exemplary for Ado Chale’s exceptional talent in creating inte...

Mario Botta for Alias, dining table model ‘Terzo’, metal, granite, Italy, 1983   The ‘Terzo’ dining table features a long rectangular granite tabletop that consists of three parts an...

Large dining or conference table, mahogany, Denmark, 1970s Beautifully large dining table in an oval or egg shape, made in Denmark in the 1970s. This table is executed in mahogany t...

Cidue, dining table, chromed steel and lacquered wood, Italy, 1970s. The design of this dining table convinces visually through the well-balanced appearance and the stabile constru...

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', 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...

High circular pedestal table, in black resin inlaid with bone marquetry arranged in 4 circles of abstract design. The top resting on a large tripod foot with round sections, the rou...

Extraordinary coffee table incorporating a polished fossilized wood top with jewel tones on a black metal base by Ado Chale, Belgium 1960's. There are...

A turquoise mosaic coffee table designed and produced by Ado Chale, Brussels, Belgium, 1980s. Wooden feets.

Colourful Mediterranean Mosaic Top Dining Table A table with a difference, this table is made in solid wood with primitive carved decoration o...

Hexagonal table with Ado Chale style Enameled Steel base and Belgian blue stone top.

Ado Chale ‘‘Pastilles’’ illuminated coffee table, 1983 Mosaic of cornaline agate stones and resin H. 35 x 150ø cm Son of a woodworker, Ado Chale spent his formative years in the Belgian countryside and began working with metal at a young age, training initially as an iron-worker. In the 1950s, he began working with sheet metal on which he would test various methods of printing with enamel. However, it was on a trip to Germany that he found his true passion: mineralogy. Stones, precious and semi-precious as well as fossils and other natural minerals, became the focal point of his self-taught artistic path. In 1961, Chale opened a mineral shop in Brussels where he showed his first creations featuring inclusions of marcasite, a dark stone he discovered on the beaches of the Cape of Blanc- Nez in northern France. By 1965, these creations had garnered significant attention and he began to widen the range of his creations. He began working with a great variety of stones and fossilized wood and developing new techniques, one of the most remarkable of which is featured in the ‘‘Pastilles’’ coffee table: the integration of light. Noticing the transformation of certain stones when lit from a certain angle, Chale aimed to demonstrate the delicate details that remained hidden without this illumination. With this objective in mind, he began integrating lighting systems beneath the mosaic tops of his coffee tables, a rare technique of which Chale was a true pioneer. Beyond the striking effect achieved through the illumination of his tables, Chale’s mastery in mosaic resulted in truly unique tabletops - no two mosaics exactly the same. Over the years, Chale’s creations found their way into some of the world’s most prestigious collections, both private and public, including those of the British royal family, the King of Saudi Arabia, Belgium’s King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of Ado Chale’s creation, an occasion celebrated with a landmark exhibition at the Galerie Yves Gastou.