These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
There are forms that do not need a signature to speak with authority.
This pair of Italian travertine side tables belongs to the formal tradition that defined Italian stone design in the 1970s — a discipline in which the reduction of means was itself the statement. Each table is composed of two elements: a thick square slab of warm ivory travertine, its corners softly rounded and its edge generously overhanging, resting on a solid cylindrical base of the same material. No hardware. No joint visible. Stone meeting stone, held by weight and proportion alone.
The 6 cm top slab commands immediate attention — substantial enough to read as architectural, refined enough to remain domestic. The cylindrical base, compact and grounded, creates a deliberate tension with the expansive surface above: a dialogue between mass and float that animates the piece from every angle. Two heights — 30 and 23 cm — allow the pair to function as a composed ensemble or to be distributed independently across a space.
The formal language places these tables firmly within the Italian postwar stone design tradition — a lineage that runs through Mangiarotti, Up&Up, and the Pistoia workshops that elevated travertine from material to philosophy. Anonymous in authorship, unambiguous in quality.
Sold as a pair. Condition very good for age — natural variations in stone consistent with the material.
Origin: Italy Period: c. 1970s Medium: Solid travertine Top thickness: 6 cm Measurements: Table 1: 55 × 55 × 30 cm · Table 2: 55 × 55 × 23 cm
There are forms that do not need a signature to speak with authority.
This pair of Italian travertine side tables belongs to the formal tradition that defined Italian stone design in the 1970s — a discipline in which the reduction of means was itself the statement. Each table is composed of two elements: a thick square slab of warm ivory travertine, its corners softly rounded and its edge generously overhanging, resting on a solid cylindrical base of the same material. No hardware. No joint visible. Stone meeting stone, held by weight and proportion alone.
The 6 cm top slab commands immediate attention — substantial enough to read as architectural, refined enough to remain domestic. The cylindrical base, compact and grounded, creates a deliberate tension with the expansive surface above: a dialogue between mass and float that animates the piece from every angle. Two heights — 30 and 23 cm — allow the pair to function as a composed ensemble or to be distributed independently across a space.
The formal language places these tables firmly within the Italian postwar stone design tradition — a lineage that runs through Mangiarotti, Up&Up, and the Pistoia workshops that elevated travertine from material to philosophy. Anonymous in authorship, unambiguous in quality.
Sold as a pair. Condition very good for age — natural variations in stone consistent with the material.
Origin: Italy Period: c. 1970s Medium: Solid travertine Top thickness: 6 cm Measurements: Table 1: 55 × 55 × 30 cm · Table 2: 55 × 55 × 23 cm
These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
