Image source: Zanotta — Poker
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Poker
Joe Colombo's 1968 card table with a removable baize and rotating corner plates
980 × 700 × 980 mm
1968
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Poker is a 1968 card table by Joe Colombo, produced by Zanotta as model 2625. The manufacturer presents it as a contemporary reinterpretation of the gaming table. Layered plastic laminate forms the table's structural surfaces, an application Zanotta describes as perhaps a first.
Construction
- Tops: white layered plastic laminate
- Playing surface: removable green baize with leather trim
- Legs: stainless steel
- Corners: rotating plates, each incorporating a removable ashtray
Specifications
- Largest drawing values, not labelled with axes: 98, 98 and 70 cm for Poker 2625
Story
Industrial production and new materials
Zanotta connects Poker with Joe Colombo's pursuit of industrial production and the technological spirit of his time. Layered plastic laminate serves structurally in the table, an application Zanotta describes as perhaps a first.
Functional invention
Gianni Colombo's comments on the designer emphasise new materials, analysis and attention to functional detail. Poker's rotating corner plates, each containing a removable ashtray, are the specific invention highlighted by Zanotta. The product page and sheet date the design to 1968.
