Delfi Table

Overview

Delfi is a table credited to Carlo Scarpa and Marcel Breuer, dated 1969. Cassina says it re-designs a Rationalist model that Breuer created in the 1930s for Dino Gavina's residence in Bologna, and that it forms part of the Ultrarazionale collection.

Construction

• Feet: monolithic carved marble, white Carrara or black Marquiña.
• Top: float glass or marble.
• Fittings: burnished brass plates glued to the glass top, nylon pins and brass ferrules.
• Floor supports: plastic.

Specifications

• 2200 x 900 x 740 mm for W04 51-53 (axes not labelled on the drawing).

A Rationalist model re-examined

Cassina's page says Delfi is a re-design of a Rationalist model created by Marcel Breuer in the 1930s for Dino Gavina's residence in Bologna. At the end of the 1960s Carlo Scarpa began to re-examine the original concept, effecting some variations in agreement with the designer.

Glass top and marble bases

In 2009 Tobia Scarpa, Carlo Scarpa's son, suggested yet another variation: a glass table-top to highlight the brass supports and the fluting on the marble bases. The page and the Cassina Living sheet both date the design to 1969.