Contemporary glass table Classic Design Italia TABLE by Le Corbusier
This table is part of the project "Equipement interieur d'une habitation," displayed at the "Salone d'Automne des Artistes Décorateurs" of Paris in 1929.
The lines are simple and severe (a source of inspiration for many modern tables even today) with the use of completely industrial materials (steel and glass).
The tubular ellipse that forms the base was used by the aeronautical industry at that time. Beyond the beauty of its form, it was probably used also because it represented the symbol of the modern era: the airplane.
At the beginning, however, the table was not manufactured: first of all the "airplane tube" was not easy to find and it required a great amount of careful soldering and polishing to produce. The line was in fact considered as too futuristic
