Angelo Mangiarotti Eros Round Dining Table in GrigIo Scoleria Marble for Skipper
Angelo Mangiarotti Eros round Grigio Scoleria marble from the Eros series, vintage and not the re edition. This amazing architectural design by the master of design Mangiarotti has with conical post coming through center of circular round top. Part of the Eros series for Fucina for Skipper, Italy, 1970s.
Given Mangiarotti's research on furniture without joints, this dining table was an example of the result of a gravity interlocking design in which the top because of its weight stably fits into the truncated conical base.
The word 'Eros' refers to the male-female coupling of this interlocking solution.
Literature: Beppe Finessi, Su Mangiarotti: Architettura, Design, Scultura, Milan, 2002, pp. 182- 185 Giuliana Gramigna and Paola Biondi, Il design in Italia dell”arredamento domestico, Turin, 1999, p. 294, fig. 2 Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l’arredamento domestico, volume 1, Turin, 2003, p. 192. Excellent condition with no chips or repairs.
Overall size: 37.5” diameter x 28.5” h Plateau: 1.25" thick. 9” diameter at bottom tapering to 4” w at top of column.
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