Image source: Zanotta — Reale
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Reale
Mollino's solid oak skeleton table with metal joints, under glass or Emperador marble
1800 × 720 × 900 mm
Official product information
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Overview
Reale is a rectangular table by Carlo Mollino, produced by Zanotta as model 2320. It combines a solid oak frame with a top in clear plate glass or Emperador marble.
Construction
- Top: clear plate glass, with or without bevelled edges, or Emperador marble with a stain-resistant protective varnish in clear matt polyester
- Frame: solid oak, natural, orange or black varnished, or oak dyed Canaletto walnut, with a wax-finished varnish
- Joints: precise, custom-designed metal joint systems
Specifications
- Sizes: 80x160 cm, 90x180 cm, 90x200 cm
- Height: 72 cm (marked on the front view; axes are not labelled on the drawing)
- Design year: 1948 on the data sheet and 1947 in the page text
Story
Designed for Reale Mutua, Turin
Zanotta states that Reale was designed for the offices of the Reale Mutua insurance firm in Turin. Zanotta re-edited the table in 1990 as part of its research into recovering objects from the past.
A skeleton that slots together
Zanotta describes a compact, transparent skeleton in which every element fits the others through precise, custom-designed metal joints, with a crystal top that seems to frame it.
