Coffee Table

“In Honor of Mondrian"

This coffee table was designed to be very functional and visually stimulating. It is essentially a three dimensional painting honoring the amazing work of the famed Dutch De Stijl Movement artist, Piet Mondrian, using imported Italian solid laminate. We interpreted a number of his paintings from the “Composition” group and “Tableau” to formulate a unique interpretation that embodies his use of primary colors framed within intersecting black lines, which vary in their thickness. I think Mondrian’s own words describe the feeling we were attempting to capture in creating this table. "Absolute harmony of straight lines and pure colors underlying the visible world." The two dimensional lines in his paintings are further emphasized when applied to a three dimensional form. This table in constructed to serve as a coffee table for many years and is coated with a durable and user friendly high gloss coating that is hand polished. The table is constructed with hand joined mortise and tenon joinery using imported Italian Abet Laminat Strafifcato.

Construction:

Mortice and tenons for the joinery between the Strafificato and Mahogany laminated top and laminated legs and between the laminated skirt and laminated legs; Richlite’s black diamond inlaid into the strafificato top, skirt, and legs to simulate the black lines of Mondrians paintings, and colored lacquer for the primary colored panels.

Materials:

Table frame is made from Abet Laminati Strafificato 12mm Code 410 solid surface composite, ½” ribbon stripe mahogany veneered plywood, Richlite Black Diamond FSA Certified paper based composite, low VOC gloss lacquer based paint, and clear coat.