The Opening Table (Coffee Table – Bar) is an iconic coffee table characterized by a rectangular form and a hidden dry bar, designed byWilly Rizzoin the 1970s for Cidue.
Opening Table (1970s)
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Which are the materials of the Opening Table?
Rizzo是由咖啡桌chrome frameraised on a blackwooden baseand a bronze smokedglass top. Elegant andminimalisticin its design, the table presents a top surface thatopens up to 212 cmto reveal a central mirror-platedbarcompartment with a plexiglass bottle holder.
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Concept and editions
The concept and construction of this table is dated back to the1970s, when Rizzo designed the table for the Italian firmCidue. It can be found in different versions: the Cidue edition that has a smoked glass top, but also an opaline black top version and a silver one in stainless steel.
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Which are the Opening Table’s specifics?
- Designer:Willy Rizzo;
- Design firm: Cidue;
- Country: Italy;
- Materials: wood, steel, chrome, glass, plexiglass;
- Date: 1970s;
- Width: 130 cm;
- Height: 35 cm;
- Depth: 80 cm;
- Weight: between 40 kg and 80 kg.
Info sources:
http://www.willyrizzo.com/DESIGN-TABLES-WILLY-RIZZO-en
https://www.city-furniture.be/1081/Cidue_Coffee_Table_Willy_Rizzo
