Image source: Cassina — Castore Low Table (Karakter)
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Castore Low Table (Karakter)
Castore Low Table: a 1975 coffee table by Angelo Mangiarotti, glass on a marble pillar.
1300 × 425 × 1300 mm
1975
Official product information
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Overview
Castore Low Table is the coffee-table version of a 1975 glass and marble design by Angelo Mangiarotti, which Karakter now presents. The page stresses visual lightness and a balance of materials.
Construction
- Material pairing: a marble pillar and bowl under a tempered glass top.
- Edges: rounded corners on both the pillar and the bowl.
- Bowl: it can be taken off the glass and used on its own.
Specifications
- Ø 1300 x 425 mm (425 mm up to the glass).
Story
A low table on a marble pillar
Cassina's page calls the Castore low table a design of visual lightness. A heavy marble pillar carries a round glass top, and the text imagines a small marble bowl as the only thing keeping the glass in place.
From Sorgente dei Mobili to Karakter
Per Cassina's text the design dates from 1975 and was first made for Sorgente dei Mobili, with Karakter as today's presenting brand.
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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.
