Orseolo
- Description
- Designer Bio
An absolute masterpiece, this
unparalleled model of formal beauty was the fruit of an epiphany on the part of
Carlo Scarpa, the designer. The Orseolo table is constructed from sheets of MDF
coated in a thick layer of mirror-shine or matte polyester lacquer; this is
poured hot onto the wood surface and then brushed and polished using special
machines. The linear panels are joined together with satin-finish cast
aluminium fasteners, which serve a dual purpose. Both aesthetic and functional,
they relieve the stress at the critical points of the table, and thus help
preserve the beauty of the lacquer finish.
| About Designer | |
|---|---|
Carlo Scarpa |
From architecture to works in glass, from design
projects to preparing museum exhibitions, the work of Carlo Scarpa has always
stood out in the unmistakable way in which it manages to bring together his love
for materials, his attention to detail and his masterly elaboration of organic
and Wrightian poetics. Architect, designer and artist, Scarpa left the Venice
Academy of Art in 1926 and began professional work, but continued to visit
craftsmen’s’ workshops and Venetian master glassworkers. For twenty years,
right up until the second half of the Forties, he received numerous commissions
to design, convert prepare buildings. |
