SERENISSIMO

With the precision of its contours, Serenissimo translates the concept of the table into a graphic composition with four columns and a horizontal steel bar that makes the table top

appear to float. In line with Lella and Massimo Vignelli’s original design, it is an object that expresses itself through its geometry and materials: basic shapes characterised by metallic finishes or soft encaustic tones.

Structure

The structure consists of 4 cylindrical bases (Ø 28 cm) made with a steel tube, painted in either a gun-metal grey or orbital bronze finish, or, in Encausto’s more tactile variations, in the colours terracotta, green, and white. The metal frame that holds together the 4 bases and supports the table top is painted micaceous grey.

Top

The tops are available in either a square or rectangular version

and in the following finishes:

_ transparent glass, float glass plate characterized by transparency. Thickness 15 mm;

_ extra clear opalescent glass, float glass plate with smooth and glossy upper side, acid-etched lower side. Thickness 15 mm;

_ cast glass, glass plate hot moulded with smooth and glossy upper side, wrinkled (for casting) and semi-transparent back-lacquered lower side, in the colours black, mustard yellow, English green, pink. Thickness 15 mm;

Top in transparent cast glass VT22 (without coloured coating) on request.

_ lacquered frosted white glass, float glass plate with acid-etched upper side (silky effect to the touch), and back-lacquered lower side. Thickness 15 mm.

_ matt marble Carrara statuario, gold Calacatta, Marquinia black, Levanto red, Alpi green, 20 mm thick.

Marbles in polished polyester finish available on request.

Encausto: also known as “Venetian stucco”, encausto uses a highly sophisticated technique in which a fine sand plaster is applied in successive layers, the last of which is coloured with natural earth. In this stage a fluidmalleable mixture of limewash is used to burn the colour, changing it as it dries (in fact, “encausto” is a Latin term that derives from the Greek word “enkaustikos” or “to burn in”). In the “tallocciatura” phase, which refers to the process of manually smoothing the plaster through the skilful use of a spatula, the coloured mixture is unevenly incorporated in the plaster, giving the surface the characteristic appearance of this ancient artisan tradition.

Size

Rectangular: L250xD120- L300xD120- L350xD120*. Square: L160xD160- L180xD180- L200xD200*.

H72 cm.

NB: *L350 D120 and L200 D200 are not available in the cast glass finish. Tables with marble tops only available in the dimensions: L160 D160 and L250 D120.

First choice marble slabs selected and matched from the same block, also matched without vein continuity. Any differences in stain, veining, colour, or the presence of natural resin tears are natural attributes that cannot be contested.