Nice coffee table by Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti, model Concerto, designed in 1995 by the iconic duo, and edited by B.G.H. Editions. The large feet are made in solid oak wood topped by gilt bronze elements, all stamped BG. This is clearly a statement piece, especially for those that believe passionate expressions of creativity go hand-in-hand with interior design. Elizabeth Garouste & Mattia Bonetti were a team of designers, based in Paris, who brought extraordinarily imaginative designs into the mainstream. Their work, like this table, reflects their idea that furniture design should have no rules in terms of form and materials. The piece is emblematic of the design duo’s commitment to avant-garde, romantic style, and is highly decorative. The table is signed and stamped, and is in a very good vintage condition. The feet have been fully varnished, bronze cleaned, keeping its original patina, and the glass top is new, keeping the exact same original dimensions and thickness. The glass top seats at 40 centimeters = 15.75 inches high.

Garouste & Bonetti duo were celebrated for inventing a new Baroque and barbarian romanticism. They became recognised as international players in the art and design market from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.  Their furniture is inventive, unconventional, subtle, constituted by heteroclite and unusual materials, in reference to the Middle Ages and Africa, revisiting the Venetian baroque and the neo-classicism.  As they once stated about their work : ‘Our hope is to give people the feeling of freedom in the choice of forms.  Good taste really bothers us a lot.  What we care about is implanting doubt.  We don’t have any rules.’

Dimensions : 

Width : 140 cm
Depth : 80 cm
Height : 41 cm