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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Natura Squared Wood Dining Table, Designed by C.R. & S, Made in Italy
By Riva 1920
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Natura squared wood dining table
Table with a solid ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
Sculptural Dining Table - Cadence in Natural Light Oak Solid Oak
By Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Cadence table is inspired by the simplicity and power of the rhythmic stepped brickwork visible in the architecture of Amsterdam's 'South Plan' area; the city development plan de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Frank Lloyd Wright “608 Taliesin” Dining Table for Cassina, 1986
By Cassina, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright “608 Taliesin” dining table for Cassina, walnut, Italy, 1986.
This dining table was designed for the Kansas governor and stat...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Extendable French Art Deco Rosewood Table, 1930´s
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
French Art Deco table in rosewood and mahogany. 1930s.
Extendable on both sides with extension leaves.
Dimensions:
75 cm high / 29.5 inch high,
167 cm or 262 cm (extended) w...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Rosewood
Rustic Farmhouse Dining Table, France, 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th-century French farmhouse dining table with a naturally aged patina, embodying the timeless beauty of the French countryside. The table’s surface, adorned with colourful paint sp...
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19th Century French Rustic Antique Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
Burl Wood Dining Table Contemporary Modern Table Epoxy Resin Handmade Table
Located in København N, DK
Emerald Vein
Introducing the awe-inspiring Ancient Maple Burl Large Dining Table with Emerald Resin—a truly one-of-a-kind masterpiece crafted by the hands of great artists. This mag...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Arts and Crafts Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Steel
Dining Table in Teakwood of Danish Designer and Manufactured by Gudme, 1960s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Lejre, DK
*PRICE INCLUDES REFINISHING OF THE ENTIRE TABLE*
The teak dining table, an iconic piece of Danish design, manufactured by Gudme Møbelfabrik in the 1960s, exudes timeless beauty and ...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Teak
Table Cavalletto TL2, Franco Albini, Poggi, 1950
By Franco Albini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Table model TL2, known as "Cavalletto," designed by Franco Albini in 1950 for Poggi. Wooden frame with rectangular top resting on two trestle bases joined by a reinforcing bar. The p...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Expandable Dining Table, Black Lacquer and Chrome, France circa 1930
By Gaston Poisson
Located in Regensburg, DE
Large Art Deco expandable / extending Dining Room Table from France, 1930s..
High-gloss black piano lacquer on solid mahogany wood. Polished stainless steel trims all around the plat...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Niels Koefoed Gateleg Dining Table Produced by Niels Koefoed in Denmark
By Niels Koefoed
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare gateleg dining table designed by Niels Koefoed. Produced by Niels Koefoed in Denmark.
Dimensions (W x D x H): 73 ( 196 ) x 130 x 72 cm.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Extendable Dining Table by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Hollywood Regency, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Brussels, BE
Extendable Dining Table by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, Hollywood Regency, 1970s
Category
1970s Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
Drop Leaf Dining Table by Niels Koefoed Denmark 1960s
By Niels Koefoed
Located in Handewitt, DE
Drop leaf dining table in oak by Niels Koefoed, Denmark.Produced in 1960s by Koefoeds Hornslet Denmark. Table can be enlarged by folding sideways to a total of 195 cm. Finest danish ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Dining Table Round Crystal Glass Top Cream Marble Inlaid Base Handmade in Italy
By Cupioli made in Italy
Located in Rimini, IT
This elegant dining table, designed by Cupioli is made with extra clear crystal glass top embellished by shaped edge 2 cm thick and a central cream marble column composed of differen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Crystal, Marble
Taorma Walnut Dining Table
Located in Paris, FR
Dining Table Walnut Taorma with solid walnut structure, extendible
dining table from 200cm to 260cm.
Also available on request in moka stained finish or wenge stained
finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
$23,876 / item
Modernist Ultra-Thin Tubular-Steel Table, Veneered Top, Customisable, GMD Berlin
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Modernist ultra-thin tubular-steel table, customisable. Delivery time: 6-8 weeks.
Category
2010s German Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Dining Table with a White Marble Top Attrib. to Ico Parisi 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in Rome, IT
Striking Mid-Century table with octagonal shape white Carrara marble top.
Features an elegant sculpted modular support structure made by walnut .
From the central join the legs extend downwards toward the floor , finished with bronze tips.
This table can be disassembled and the top individually wrapped for easy transport. We will deliver professionally packed in a wooden case.
Domenico (Ico) Parisi was born in Palermo on 23 September 1916 of Sicilian parents, mostly resident in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. In 1925 the Parisi family moved to Como where Ico obtained his building technician’s diploma in 1936. After his studies Parisi was apprenticed to the firm of Terragni. This placement gave him the chance to meet important personalities of the day in the worlds of Italian architecture...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
Tresor Round Dining Table
Located in Paris, FR
Dining Table Tresor round with wooden structure
covered with polished solid brass, for eight to ten
seats. Each piece is unique.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
$89,098
Italian Rustic Oak Cross-Legged Dining Table, 1950s
Located in Milano, IT
Rustic dining table with X-shaped legs in massive oak wood, made in Italy in the 1950s. Seats six people comfortably. The table is in very good condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Stainless Steel Stool "ST_05" by Rebecca Ackaert
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This stainless steel stool by Belgian designer Rebecca Ackaert distills her architectural design language into a compact, sculptural form. Measuring 45 cm high, 40 cm wide, and 35 cm...
Category
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Fallen Empire Dining Table by Serafini
Located in London, GB
The Fallen Empire dining table is part of a striking collection consisting of four pieces—a round coffee table, a side table, a console, and a dining table—each meticulously crafted ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble
$14,908 / item
Dining Table / Game Table in Rosewood and Black Leather by Carlo Jensen, 1960's
By Carlo Jensen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Dining Table / Game Table in Rosewood and Black Leather by Carlo Jensen, 1960's
Additional Information:
Material: Rosewood and black leather
Style: Mid century, Scandinavian
Rare di...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Contemporary Rounded Natural Plaster "Column" Table 220 cm by Isabelle Beaumont
Located in Ranst, BE
Contemporary Belgian design, handmade natural plaster table with a textured and earthy character.
Indoor use (price outdoor +10%)
Latin adjective “columna” /koˈlum. na/: column, pi...
Category
2010s Belgian Minimalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Concrete, Cement, Composition, Limestone, Stainless Steel
Round Table in Solid European Oak - Acer by Mokko
By Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bringing lightness and elegance to its heavy materials and shapes. The Acer Table is a balancing act between its heavy solid volumes and light pointing legs featuring semi arched voi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Warm Brown Oak Brutalist Dining Table - Fenestra by Mokko
By Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rhythmic interplay of volumes and voids. The Fenestra table is inspired by Brick Expressionism, the architectural movement visible in Amsterdam’s ‘South Plan’ area - the city devel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Modernist Solid Oak Dining Table - Fenestra by Mokko
By Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rhythmic interplay of volumes and voids. The Fenestra table is inspired by Brick Expressionism, the architectural movement visible in Amsterdam’s ‘South Plan’ area - the city devel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Zebra and Brass Dining Table
By Annibale Colombo
Located in Milan, IT
Bold volumes following elegant paths. The striking design marking this imposing dining table blends materials as zebra wood and brass components that lend the table its sober dose of...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
$32,114 / item
Contemporary Dining Table 'TOGETHER' by Eichkorn, Brass and Glass, Customizable
By Eichkorn
Located in Paris, IDF
TOGETHER Dining Table by German contemporary design studio Eichkorn.
Material: Brass rods and tinted glass
Standard size: H.75 x 100 x 100 cm - Customizations are possible
More th...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Brass
Osvaldo Borsani round table in rosewood for Tecno, mod. T41, Italy 1958
By Osvaldo Borsani, Ignazio Gardella
Located in Argelato, BO
Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno T41 round rosewood table, dining or coffee table, Italy, 1958
It is one of the most elegant and refined tables of 1950s Italian desig...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Big stainless steel dinning Tecno table
By Tecno
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Large dinning table in stainless steel with metal base signed Tecno , little scratches on the top see photo
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Reno Dining Table by Correa and Milá, 1961
Located in Barcelona, ES
Reno dining table designed in 1961 by Spanish architects Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá for the Reno restaurant in Barcelona and produced by Gres. Solid ukola wood.
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Contemporary Solid Walnut Hera Dining Table by Tim Vranken
Located in 1204, CH
Tim Vranken is a Belgian furniture designer who focuses on solid, handmade furniture. Throughout his designs the use of pure materials and honest natural processes are paramount. The...
Category
2010s Belgian Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Walnut
1940s Laminated Wood Dining Table Six Chairs Seat Skai Covered Italian Design
By Vittorio Nobili, Carlo Ratti
Located in Milan, IT
Dining table in laminated wood with wooden and satin finish black metal legs with brass feet adjustable in height, complete with six chairs in plywood and bent, with seat covered wit...
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1940s Italian Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
Postmodern Carrara-Marble Dining Table, Attributed to Cappellini, Milano, 1980
By Cappellin
Located in Berlin, DE
Postmodern Carrara-marble dining table, attributed to Cappellini, Milano, circa 1980.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Extending Dining Table in Carved Walnut, France, Circa 1900
By Edouard Diot
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb carved solid walnut dining table.
Extensible, sold with its 3 extensions.
Art Nouveau style / "Ecole de Nancy" (School of Nancy), France, circa 1900.
Unsigned, to identify, certainly a production of Édouard Diot...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood, Walnut
$4,099 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian mid-century Round dining table in glass and rattan, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century Round dining table in grass and rattan, 1960s
Dining table with round glass top. The round base structure is made up of ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Rattan, Glass
Isabella Costantini, Italy, Sibilla Dining Table
By Isabella Costantini
Located in Ascoli Piceno, IT
Designed by IC, the Sibilla rectangular dining table, Art Déco inspired, is impeccably crafted by Italian artisans.
The piece has a strong architectural appeal and a slick of silver...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood
$8,411 / item
Space Age Vintage Dining Table by Giotto Stoppino, Italy, circa 1970 Metal Glass
By Giotto Stoppino
Located in Vienna, AT
Space age vintage dining table by Giotto Stoppino 1970s Italy with a curved chromed steel tube base construction.
A fantastic dining ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Pierre Chapo 'T21' Round Dining Table in Solid Elm, France, 1973
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pierre Chapo; Model T21; Round Dining Table; Solid Elm; Wood; Crossed Feet; France; 1973; Woodworking; Mid-Century Modern; French Craftsmanship;
A Pierre Chapo 'T21' round dining ta...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm
Large Modernist Custom-Made Ultra-Thin Tubular-Steel Table by GMD Berlin
By GMD Berlin
Located in Berlin, DE
Large modernist ultra-thin tubular-steel table with graphical shape, designed and manufactured by GMD Berlin.
Production time: c. 10 weeks.
Category
2010s German Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Flower Shaped Top Travertine Dining or Centre Table, Italy, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Almelo, NL
Flower-shaped top travertine dining table, Italy 1970s
Beautiful flower-shaped top travertine dining table or centre table made in Italy in the 1970s. The thick heavy top sits on...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Travertine
Dining Table Made In Teak With Extensions, Danish Design From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This Danish-designed dining table from the 1960s, crafted from teak, exemplifies the era's aesthetic of sleek sophistication and functionality.
With its warm teak hue and elegant si...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Teak
Intersection Oval Table by Neri&Hu
Located in Geneve, CH
Intersection oval table by Neri&Hu
Dimensions: W240 x D 117 x H73 cm
Materials: Canaletto Walnut Veneer Wood and Noce, Canaletto Solid Wood
Other sizes available.
Founded in 20...
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2010s French Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Other
$18,448 / item
Italian mid-century modern solid wood and metal extendable dining table, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Extendable dining table, Italian, solid wood and metal, ca. 1960.
Almost square-shaped dining table, with a solid wood folding top placed on two guides, which doubles the size of the...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Metal
Travertino Small Table Ronde
Located in Geneve, CH
Travertino small table Ronde.
Dimensions: Diameter 140 x height 74cm.
Materials: Travertino Light Vein.
Available in multiple colors and ...
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2010s Belgian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Travertine
$12,415 / item
Oval Table Su in Petrified Marbleplaster
Located in Vosselaar, BE
As we value craftmanship and creativity more than everything we are always searching for timeless designs. Sometimes we also have a go at it ourselves and each time follow the same p...
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2010s Belgian Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Plaster
$11,355 / item
Elvia 5 hearts Umbrian Red (w/o top)
By EJE Design
Located in VALENCE, FR
Eje-Design celebrates the universal symbol of love. This sculptural and symbolic creation from the Eje-Design house, as refined as it is poetic, aspires to a world of beauty, love an...
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2010s French Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Epoxy Resin
$16,759 / item
Mid-Century French Elm and Ceramic Dining Table by A. Picard, 1970s
Located in Almelo, NL
Mid-Century French Elm and Ceramic Dining Table by A. Picard, 1970s
This striking Mid-Century dining table combines refined French craftsmanship with bold ceramic artistry, making i...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Elm
Danish Extendable Dining Table in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Extendable dining table or conference table, oak, Denmark, 1960s
A sizeable dining table or conference table executed in oak. On each side, a leave can be attached to the frame whi...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Dining Table Circular Mirror Steel Base Walnut Wood Collectible Handmade, Italy
By Barberini & Gunnell
Located in Ancona, Marche
The sculptural table 'Perseo' is an eye-catching table with structure in mirror polished stainless steel and round table top in walnut wood. Every single bangle is welded and highly ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Bacco Glass Dining Table, Designed by M. U., Made in Italy
By M.U.
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The glass table Bacco is composed of a top available in transparent, extra clear or smoked glass and of a base made of two mirroring glass supports that rest on the floor. Its clean ...
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2010s Italian Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Glass
Table à manger octogonale vintage en travertin des années 70 80
Located in BESANÇON, FR
Table à manger octogonale vintage en travertin type marbre des années 70 80, plateau à 8 facettes, pied octogonale, très bon état général avec quelques micro-rayures d’usage de surfa...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Travertine
square extendable Teak dining table 1960s
By Pastoe
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice square Teak dining table ,extendable by a folding
our extension . From 80 cm to 120 cm . Nice warm Teak color .
no discoloration ....
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Teak
Paolo Buffa grand dining/conference table made of oak, Italy, 1940s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
An imposing table crafted from exquisite oak wood, produced in Italy during the 1940s, stands as a work of great refinement. With generous dimensions (348 x 110 x 80), this represent...
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1940s Italian Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak
Antibes Table in Classic by Laura Gonzalez
By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
The Antibes table features a rectangular table top made of black lava stone with hand-painted design and a base made of glossy, lacquered black wrought iron. The Antibes table is sui...
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2010s Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Lava, Wrought Iron
$17,318 / item
DOOQ! NEW! Nouvelle Donne Dinner Table in White, D=120cm
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Exceptional in its craftwork, Nouvelle Vague is a side table that rejects traditional conventions in favor of experimentation. Round ceramic handmade pieces, painted in a unique craq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Angelo Mangiarotti oval marble table model M1 by. Tisettanta, Italy, 1970s
By Tisettanta, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Large oval table in Mondragone marble, model M1, produced by Tisettanta, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy, 1970s.
Marble, a natural material that has accompanied human history ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Marble
Baleri Italia Fratino High Rectangular Aluminum Table with Glass by Jeff Miller
By Baleri Italia, Jeff Miller
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Fratino (monk’s table) is the first contemporary interpretation of the typology of table by the same name. The base is created by two cast aluminium pediments spanned by an aluminium...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Aluminum
NRC Dining Table Sculptured Liquid Oxidized Copper Oval Table
By Privatiselectionem
Located in Sofia, BG
Cast liquid copper powder, the NRC Dining black oxidized copper could be easily associated with a sculpture and an art object. Rough, authentic, and strong - an accidental discovery of a curious archaeologist investigating unexplored territories. Its raw beauty is translated to the human eye by its solidified volcanic structure, revealing the deepest layers of the earth.
Where the remnants of time beckon to live a new life of their own.
An endless life covered...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Copper, Other
Natural Light Oak Sculptural Fenestra Dining Table - Aad Bos for Mokko
By Mokko Amsterdam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rhythmic interplay of volumes and voids. The Fenestra table is inspired by Brick Expressionism, the architectural movement visible in Amsterdam’s ‘South Plan’ area - the city devel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Brutalist Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Early Michael Thonet Bistro Dining Table in Bentwood and Cane - Austria
By Michael Thonet, Thonet
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Bistro dining table in bentwood and cane designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories.
Size:
chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter
table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter
Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on some places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. Cane in the table top is good.
The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request.
Michael Thonet
The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture.
Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there, the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries.
The Boppard-born Thonet honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853.
Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale.
Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.)
The business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...
Category
1860s Austrian Rococo Revival Antique Continental Europe - Dining Room Tables
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
$1,834 Sale Price
30% Off
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