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Ta.Ba.Ce.
Philippe Malouin's low porcelain stoneware table with a glazed top and a stepped base
900 × 280 × 900 mm
2024
Official product information
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Overview
Ta.Ba.Ce. is a small table by Philippe Malouin, produced by Zanotta as model 700 and dated 2024. Zanotta's page describes a small table with a freeze-resistant frame in fine porcelainized grès for outdoor use, with polished enamelling in five colours.
Construction
- Frame: fine porcelainized grès (porcelain stoneware), freeze-resistant
- Finish: polished enamelling
- Use: indoor and outdoor, marked IN/OUT on the data sheet
Specifications
- Size: 90, 90 and 28 cm (axes not labelled on the drawing)
- Colours: talc, hemp, caramel, orange, espresso
- Year of design: 2024
Story
An unglazed kiln mark as a design detail
Zanotta says Philippe Malouin was inspired by the unglazed base of a vase, left bare where it touches the kiln wall during vitrification. The process normally treats this as a side effect of production.
Turned into the Ta.Ba.Ce. detail
In the Ta.Ba.Ce collection the mark becomes a distinctive detail. Zanotta writes that the choice creates a play of textures and contrasts, emphasises the contour lines of the tables and gives them a unique and recognisable identity.
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