Wabi-Sabi Tripod Coffee Table

• Coffee table with three turned beech legs set into a planed log. It is part of a wabi-sabi approach characteristic of the 1950s-1960s, expressed in the treatment of the blackened spindle legs.
• Particular attention has been paid to the way the feet are set into the plate, achieved by delicately reducing their cross-section, accentuated by the narrowness of the planed area.
• W 122 CM X D 39 CM X H 57 CM.
• A tiny wear mark on the shelf compared to a coin. (see pictures).

In Japanese, the term “wabi” refers to an idea of calm and solitude, like the life of a hermit monk, encouraging listening to that “inner voice”. “Sabi” means rusty, old, weathered and expresses, in a broader sense, elegant simplicity. Introduced to the West after the Second World War, these concepts help us to understand the sensibility and singular effect of pieces made from raw materials, one of whose most emblematic exponents is designer George Nakashima.