Designer Chareau, year 1932 This table was used in the Maison de Verre in the waiting room of the medical office of Dr. Dulsace 669 Round side table with painted or chrome-plated tubular steel frame. Glass top 12 mm thick. Ø H. 68,5 62,5 CM W. H. 27" 24,6" IN Finishings The certified quality…
Designer Noguchi, year 1944 In 1939, Noguchi designed an "articulated table" for A. Conger Goodyear who was then President of the New York Museum of Modern Art. This large biomorphic table carved in rosewood is now owned by the New York Institute of Technology of Old Westbury, New York. In his autobiography, Noguchi tells…
Designer Hoffmann, year 1904 This series of nesting tables were produced in several versions by the Wiener Werkstatte. This is Hoffmann’s interpretation of an old idea previously used by Thonet and other middle European manufacturers of bentwood furniture. 639 Nest of four side tables made of natural, black, white, grey or heat-treated stained solid…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1930 This was originally called the "Dessau table". It is now incorrectly called the "Barcelona Table". It first appeared a the Tugendhat House, Brno, Czechoslovakia. This coffee table was first produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the production was moved to Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin. 309 (Barcelona…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This round coffee or tea table made its first public appearance at the Weissenhof housing Exhibition. It then appeared rather conspicously in the Turgendhat House at Brno, Czechoslovakia. It was first produced in 1927 by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the production passed to Bamberg Metallwerkstatten,…
Designer Kiesler, year 1935 This cpffee table was part of the furniture designed by Frederick Kiesler for the New York apartment of the fabric designer, Alma Mergentine. A drawing of 1935, shows the same two nesting tops with conical legs. It is probable that the table in its present form was made slightly later…