Description
Adrian Pearsall Coffee Table by Craft Associates. One of Americas most revered designers. Spectacular angular solid oak base with curved, amorphic kidney bean shaped glass.
The solid oak base is in excellent restored vintage condition. The oily oak ebbs and flows with sections of lighter and darker tones and creates a mesmerizing marbled effect that further magnifies the fundamental organic spirit of the design. The amorphic kidney bean shaped glass was just cut and is brand new with no flaws.
About Adrian Pearsall:
He designed some of the most exuberant and expressive American furniture of the 1950s and ’60s. For verve and vivacity of form, he surpasses even Vladimir Kagan — whose work is the emblem of swinging, sexy mid-20th century modernism. Pearsall gave his imagination free rein, and his flamboyant, eye-catching styles are icons of what has become known as “Atomic Age” design. He studied architectural engineering at the University of Illinois before opening his Pennsylvania furniture company, Craft Associates, in 1952, and that training shows in many designs. A Pearsall trademark, for example, is a lounge chair with an exceptionally tall, trapezoidal back, which give the pieces a skyscraper-like silhouette. Pearsall also had a talent for so-called “gondola” sofas — long, low-slung pieces with upswept ends. Many of his sofas and chairs are supported not by legs, but on gently arced walnut skids. He also had a gift for tables, in particular glass-topped side and coffee tables with frames that have the look of an Alexander Calder stabile. His work adds an attention-getting, sculptural exclamation point to any décor.
