Illusion

Object Name2-part Dining Table

Maker Philippe Starck (French, b. 1949)

Maker Fiam Italia S.p.A.

Made Fromfloat glass, iron support

Dateabout 1992

Place MadeItaly

Techniqueslumped over a mold in a kiln, sand-blasted,ground

Size(a) H: 14.8 cm, L: 195 cm, W: 102.5 cm; (b) (leg to leg) H: 75.6 cm, L: 178.8 cm, W: 88 cm

Accession Number93.3.24

Credit LineGift of Forma and Design Inc. and Fiam Italia

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, natural tint of float glass, black metal, iron support; slumped over a mold in a kiln, sand-blasted, ground, polished; fabricated drawn iron support. Large rectangular table with separate glass top of rectangular flat glass slumped over a mold to give appearance of cloth with semi-folded corners draped over a framework, underside of glass sandblasted to give overall frosted appearance and mottling; glass "tablecloth" rests on metal framework formed of "T"-shaped iron bars, top is "X"-shaped bracing, corners of framework have triangular brass insets, extending from them are short vertical iron tabs with welded brass hooks covered in plastic tubing, slightly raised corners of glass rest on hooks; all edges of glass slightly beveled, polished; scattered tool marks; impressed in metal section of one corner: "FIAM".

Provenance

Source Forma and Design Inc.

Source Fiam Italia S.p.A.