Created from precious marble with
its warm earthy tones, it sits atop
three large supports that assume new
compositional importance. With a
square cross section but also irregular
and rounded, they resemble three
dolmen or three large tree trunks. Five,
eight or ten people can be seated
around it. You can sit around one end,
still quite spacious, and use the other
for books or other objects. Or you can
use the entire surface for big meals.
Jane can also be used as a work table,
organising its large surface in complete
freedom. For more informal spaces,
but also as a highly elegant table in an
executive office. The bottom surface
of the marble top has a technical mesh
for strength and stability. These three
rough sculptures capture our attention
and appear to be rooted in the earth,
engendering a sense of solidity that
acts as a counterbalance to the natural
lightness of the surface. The ingenious
steel junction between the legs and
the top emphasises the sensation that
the surface is floating in space.
The legs have a solid beech wood core
that is enclosed in four high-density
MDF panels, shaped and veneered
with moka- or wenge-stained ash.
Jane. The table as an organic and
free element in space. Jean-Marie
Massaud subverts the balances of
this object to define a new sculptural
regality. The surface, vast and
irregular, develops like a light sheet
of material with three deliberately
rounded corners.
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Poltrona Frau Indoor Living
Jane
Jane
Jean-Marie Massaud
