Cumano

Overview

Cumano is a folding table by Achille Castiglioni, designed in 1978 and produced by Zanotta as model 630. It is made of steel with an ABS sliding joint and has a hook for hanging.

Construction

• Frame and top: painted steel
• Joint: ABS sliding joint
• Hanging: hook for hanging the folded table on a wall

Specifications

• Colours: talc, amaranth, grass green or black
• Printed values: 55, 70 and 114 cm (axes not labelled on the drawing; 70 and 55 beside the open table, 55 and 114 beside the folded table)
• Year of design: 1978

An outdoor archetype revisited

Zanotta states that the project started from the wish to revisit a late nineteenth-century archetype, the outdoor folding table, with Castiglioni concentrating on the details to improve its functionality.

The bistro table with a joint and a hole

The table reinterprets the typical Paris bistro three-legged table. Its joint is made in a contemporary material that eases movement on the painted surface, and a hole in the top allows the table to be folded and hung on the wall.