Coffee Table
Noguchi's 1944 glass-top table on two interlocking wooden legs, in walnut, maple or black ash
1280 × 400 × 920 mm
Source: spec sheet PDF — Coffee Table
1944
GBP 3,190, Coffee Table, version walnut (the Configure panel's selected version; the page has no Recommendations; 'from GBP 2,310' is the cheapest SKU 20130001 and is not used), Vitra UK shop, 2026-10-15
Description
Overview
The Coffee Table is the table that Isamu Noguchi designed in 1944. Vitra says he translated the biomorphic aesthetic of his sculptures into furniture and regarded it as his best furniture design.
Construction
- Top of heavy glass, 19 mm, with ground rounded edges
- Two solid wood leg elements at a right angle, in walnut, black ash or maple
Specifications
- Plan and side views of the fact sheet, without axis names: 1280 mm long, 920 mm deep, 400 mm high
Story
Sculpture as furniture
Vitra's page says Isamu Noguchi translated the biomorphic aesthetic of his sculptural works into a piece of furniture with distinctive organic forms, and that he regarded the Coffee Table as his best furniture design.
Bronze and marble
The fact sheet links the table to Noguchi's biomorphic sculptures in bronze and marble from the same period. It describes a heavy plate glass top resting on two identical wooden elements placed at right angles.
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Isamu Noguchi's glass-topped coffee table on two interlocking curved wood legs, introduced in 1948.