Image source: Cassina — Edison Table
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Edison Table
Edison: Vico Magistretti's 1985 glass table on a steel frame joined by cross-shaped pipe connectors.
2400 × 740 × 1100 mm
1985
Approx. $4,300 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Overview
Edison is a glass-topped table by Vico Magistretti, designed in 1985 and relaunched by Cassina with a square, rectangular or round top. The cross-shaped joints of gas lamp piping inspired its visible structure.
Construction
- Structure: steel painted matt black or matt orange.
- Joints: cast aluminium painted in the same two colours.
- Top: 15 mm thick tempered float glass.
Specifications
- 240 x 110 x 74 cm for the rectangular version 790 24 (axes not labelled on the drawing).
Story
From gas lamp piping
Magistretti took the cross-shaped connectors used to join pipes in gas lamp installations and turned them into the load-bearing structure of a table. Cassina's text places the Edison in the poetics of the ready-made and describes it as a tribute to the elegance of industrial design.
A table from his Milan home
Cassina says Edison is the table Magistretti preferred for the dining room in his own home in Milan. Cassina relaunches it with a square, rectangular or round top.
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