Old Ford

Overview

Old Ford is an oval table by Rodolfo Dordoni, from 2023. According to the page, it has a round-edged top with a gentle downward curve that meets four glossy lacquered legs joined by an H-shaped beam. The page gives two sizes, 250 x 120 cm and 290 x 130 cm, at a height of 74 cm.

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Construction

The legs and the central crosspiece are made by hydroforming, with the crosspiece also coned, and painted; the top is supported by a frame of epoxy-painted metal. The top is a shaped fibreboard panel covered in wood veneer, or marble, over a lacquered anthracite fibreboard undertop.

Specifications

• 250 x 120 cm table: 250 cm wide, 120 cm deep, 74 cm high (page text)

A top like a shell

The page says the underside of the top resembles a shell of soft lines, and the datasheet describes the lower body as shell-like with soft lines on a solid shiny base that joins the legs to the H-shaped structure. The top is narrowed at its ends.

Hydroformed frame

Molteni&C's page says the frame is made by hydroforming, a process in which water pressure shapes the material, so that the table is lightweight yet structurally rigid. The page calls the process common in the automotive industry; the datasheet calls it common in the furniture industry.