TL59 Table

Overview

TL59 is a table by Afra & Tobia Scarpa, designed in 1975 and re-edited by Cassina. The page lists this product as the rectangular table, in 250 x 120 cm and 300 x 120 cm.

Construction

The base is cast aluminium with a metal powder-coat finish in Bronze, Brass or Titanium, and the metal plate is varnished black. The structure-frame selector of the page offers Float glass and Anthracite smoked glass.

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Specifications

• Rectangular 250 x 120 cm: 73 cm high
• Rectangular 300 x 120 cm: 73 cm high
• Round, in the same table family: 120 or 140 cm across, 73 cm high

A 1975 design re-edited

Cassina's page says the table was designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1975 and is reintroduced by Cassina in two versions with updated dimensions and finishes. It re-edits the table with the tabletop in the original round shape, and adds a version with a rectangular top.

Geometry as the starting point

The page describes an architecture distilled into a table, using geometry, with circle and rectangle, straight lines and curves, parallels and perpendiculars played against each other.