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Rectangular Dining Table B637
Rectangular dining table B637, 1968: a 140 x 80 cm top on span legs, with space for up to six chairs
1400 × 720 × 800 mm
1968
Denmark
Approx. $3,100 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Rectangular Dining Table B637 is a 1968 design by Arne Jacobsen and Bruno Mathsson, with Piet Hein named alongside them on the sheet. Its top measures 140 × 80 cm, the height is 72 cm, and the page counts room for six chairs.
Construction
- Top: laminated chipboard (22 mm) with a FENIX or a walnut veneer face
- Steel span legs (chromed or powder coated) that detach
- Two heights on the sheet, 70 or 72 cm
Specifications
- L 140 × W 80 × H 72 cm, 26.2 kg in the data
- FSC MIX and EU Ecolabel listed
- Sheet gives Denmark as the country
Story
Reduced to the essentials
The page describes the B637 as the very essence of a dining table reduced to the purest, functional form, with an elegant, graphic simplicity that its surfaces and construction bring out.
Working and dining
According to the page, the table seats up to six and is a versatile solution for working and dining. The sheet places the B637 next to a longer 160 x 80 cm model, the B638.
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