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True Heritage
100+10 Years of True Evolution
An installation for the D’Days in Paris
featured a special edition of the Ren side
table designed by Neri&Hu, a visual meta-
phor meant to honour the cultural roots of
the successful Poltrona Frau furniture series.
Arranged on a platform in perfect order like
the warriors of the terracotta army of Qin Shi
Huang, the fi rst emperor of China, the struc-
tures of the thirty Ren side tables evoke the
meaning of the same name, human being.
Without the shelf, the structures create
an even clearer reference to the Chinese
pictogram, which consists of only two signs.
Like little butlers, the tables, which in the
installation seemed animated, “serve” the
living room furnishings of private residences,
helping to defi ne their style.
The thirty Limited Editions on display
at the Poltrona Frau Flagship Store in Paris
are made of oil-treated bleached solid ash,
lined up and interspersed with the four other
pieces in the collection, which are made
with a Canaletto walnut structure. A Limited
Edition, numbered from 1 to 30 with laser
engraving on the back of the top.
pieces that make up
the Ren furnishing
accessories collection:
valet stand, side table,
dressing table, magazine
rack, mirror, wall and
freestanding bookcase
examples in solid Ash
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Neri&Hu
(ren)volution
Ren side table