Image source: Poltrona Frau — Mesa Round Table
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Mesa Round Table
Vignelli's 1985 Mesa round table, re-released by Poltrona Frau: a slate top on a stone cone, Ø 135.
1350 × 740 × 1350 mm
1985
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Mesa is a round table of Ø 135 cm and H 74 cm, designed in 1985 by Lella and Massimo Vignelli and re-released by Poltrona Frau. The page says it is formed by combining two simple geometric shapes, a circle and a cone.
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Construction
The top is Ligurian slate, split in the traditional way so that it keeps the natural grooves and lines of the rock. The load-bearing column is a truncated cone of grey pietra serena. A tubular burnished steel joint carries a three-bracket plate between column and top.
Specifications
- Ø 135 cm, H 74 cm (5590632)
- Weight: 199 kg (column 118 kg, top 81 kg)
Story
A circle and a cone
Poltrona Frau calls Mesa an icon of formal purity designed in 1985 by Lella and Massimo Vignelli, now re-released. The table is formed by combining a circle and a cone, which the page says gives a strong, tangible, almost sculptural table.
Solid and light at once
The sheet opens with a sculpted, almost primitive table and describes the whole as solid, compact and light at the same time. The page says the lightness comes from the simplicity of the design.
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Collection
Mesa
Mesa from Poltrona Frau, designed by Lella and Massimo Vignelli: a circle and a cone in slate, ash, leather and marble, from the Mesa table to Mesa Ellipse.
