Image source: Cassina — AB Console (Karakter)
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AB Console (Karakter)
AB Console: Aldo Bakker's 2017 console table of two columns and a top.
1900 × 760 × 430 mm
2017
Approx. $6,200 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Overview
AB Console is a console table credited on Cassina's page to Aldo Bakker, 2017. It is a functional sculpture, halfway between sculpture and furniture.
Construction
- Form: two columns and a top; the legs are an elongation of the line created by the top.
- Proportion: the tabletop and the base of the legs have the same width.
- Leg distance: not fixed, it can be changed as preferred.
- Colours: four, offered in the configurator.
Specifications
- 1900 x 430 x 760 mm.
Story
The simplest concept of a table
Cassina's text says the console depicts the simplest concept of a table, two columns and a surface. It describes the piece as tranquil and seductive, floating between sculpture and furniture.
Legs that continue the top
The legs are described as an elongation of the line created by the top, and the tabletop and the base of the legs share the same width. The gap between the legs is left open to the user's preference.
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Collection
Karakter x Cassina
Karakter x Cassina: the Danish company Karakter, acquired in 2019, with pieces by Bodil Kjaer, Joe Colombo, Verner Panton, Gianfranco Frattini and others.
