The big mosaiced coffee table refers to the element 'water' as the whole mosaiced furniture collection but its title "Blue Gold" emphasises additionally the importance of water in locations significant for its scarcity of rain and water.
The table incorporates the idea of the Indian stepwell reservoirs, known as baoris, which are famous for their architectural significance in particular in the Bundi District. Stepwells, which were first used as an art form by the Hindus built more than 800 years ago, are examples of storage and irrigation thanks, wells or ponds, in which the water may be reached by descending a set of steps.
The bottoms of the big coffee table show both the reproduction of little stairs and colorful mosaics which refer to antique floors covered by water because of the changing sea level during the centuries. The tabletops are covered with glass in order to be functional as a table. The colourful tiles reflect onto the floor when the light above is turned on. The old table legs made of nut wood coming from 1860 are immersed in transparent resin in order to strengthen on one hand the old wood and on the other hand to show through the different heights the idea of the changing water levels. The whole furniture piece is hand-made using several Italian woods: chestnut, nut, cherry and elm.
Used materials: antique table legs of nut wood from 1860, old wood, epoxy resin, transparent and coloured acrylic, glass
Dimensions: cm L 155 x D 80 x H 47 | unique editions: 10 + 1 a.p.
Concept: Nat Wilms | Design: Nat Wilms & Andrea Zambelli