Image source: Cassina — Mexique Table
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Mexique Table
Charlotte Perriand's free-form dining table on folded-metal legs, in wood or lacquer.
1800 × 730 × 1300 mm
1952
Approx. $7,700 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Mexique is a wood dining table by Charlotte Perriand, conceived in 1952 for the student rooms of the Maison du Mexique in Paris. The page lists two sizes, both 73 cm high.
Construction
The page describes a top in solid oak, American walnut or lacquered, on a painted metal base. The sheet adds black plastic feet.
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Specifications
- 527_18: 180 x 130 cm, 73 cm high
- 527_16: 164 x 168 cm, 73 cm high
- Leg finishes: painted matte black, gunmetal
- Top types: wood in glossy lacquer, wood in matte lacquer, solid
Story
Compact free-forms
The page says the design rests on the concept of compact free-forms that, placed together, form larger symmetrical arrangements.
The student rooms
The final project was conceived in 1952 for the Maison du Mexique at the Cité Universitaire Internationale in Paris; in 1952 the wooden legs gave way to legs of triangular section in folded sheet metal, and the page notes that in 2018 two dining variants for 5 or 6 diners were added.
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Collection
Cassina iMaestri Collection
Cassina's iMaestri Collection, begun in 1965 with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, since joined by Rietveld, Albini, Ponti and Eames.
