This super-ellipse shaped table, of solid laminated European Pine sealed with a satin finish, allows for six people to be generously seated at a time. The grain of the timber is turned upwards, exposing the timber’s laminations which distort as they navigate the table’s edge.
The legs are a hybrid between an Art-Deco tower and a fasces, and are finished in automotive black paint. At the base of each, three large steel rods meet the floor, separated from it by a pad of felt. At their zenith, the steel rods decrease in diameter, becoming a collection of delicate fingers holding up the solid timber top.
The centre piece of the table’s composition is a diamond shape with its grain reversed. Its dimensions record the original width of the single standard Timber sheet from which the table is made.
Superellipse Table
CENTRAL MELBOURNE. 2014A luscious solid lumber ellipsoid timber table with punchy Art Deco-esque steel legs.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BENNETTS