Constructed from nineteen parallel slats, available in Natural Oak or Black Stained Oak, the striking 514 Refolo Coffee Table for Cassina is a practical piece, perfectly utilised as the central focus point of a seating area in a family home. Both sculpturally beautiful and versatile, a range of cushions can also be added to the structure and fixed in place using a simple fastening system to transform the table into a seat.
One of the most influential furniture designers of the early modern movement, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) introduced the 'machine age' aesthetic to interiors in the steel, aluminium and glass furniture she created at Le Corbusier's architectural studio in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Perriand also forged friendships with the gifted young architects and designers from all over the world who, like her, had jumped at the chance to work for Le Corbusier as an unpaid or, if they were very lucky, poorly paid assistant. Together with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Perriand developed a series of tubular steel chairs, which were then (and are still today) hailed as icons of the machine age.