£1,495.00 £1,240.00
LOT 03141Knoll Platner Coffee Table (Base finish: Metallic Bronze | Top: Bronze Glass) In excellent/like new condition throughout, no apparent signs of wear or tear. Designed by Warren Platner, 1966 In 1966, the Platner Collection captured the “decorative, gentle, graceful” shapes that were beginning to infiltrate the modern vocabulary. The iconic pieces are created by welding hundreds of curved steel rods to circular frames, simultaneously serving as structure and ornament. Top is clear 3/8" tempered glass with bevel on underside. Base constructed of nickel-plated vertical steel rods welded to circular horizontal and edge-framing rods. Clear plastic extrusion ring on bottom of the base for a smooth bottom surface.
In 1966, the Warren Platner collection seamlessly captured the curved and gentle shapes that were beginning to infiltrate the modern design world. Ahead of its time both aesthetically and in terms of manufacturing processes; each piece in this stunning range is created by welding steel rods to a circular frame, thus enabling the eye-catching base to simultaneously serve as both a structure and an ornament.
