2025 | ASCETIC OAK DINING TABLE | THIS DINING TABLE IS DEFINED BY RESTRAINT AND INTENT. ITS FORM IS GUIDED BY SUBTRACTION RATHER THAN ADDITION AND EMBODIES AN ASCETIC APPROACH TO FURNITURE THAT IS PRESENT, PURPOSEFUL, AND WITHOUT EXCESS.
CRAFTED FROM OAK, THE TABLE APPEARS QUIET AND COMPOSED, YET FIRMLY GROUNDED. ITS MONASTIC GEOMETRY AND CAREFULLY CONSIDERED SCALE CREATE A CALM CENTER FOR GATHERING, HOLDING SPACE FOR FOOD, CONVERSATION, AND PAUSE.
ARTIST STATEMENT
AT THE HEART OF THIS PIECE IS A PURSUIT OF CLARITY, NOT ONLY IN FORM BUT IN THOUGHT. WE WERE INTERESTED IN HOW FURNITURE CAN CARRY AN ASCETIC IDEAL, HOW IT CAN BE PRESENT, PURPOSEFUL, AND FREE FROM EXCESS. LIKE THE STOOL THAT PRECEDED IT, THE DINING TABLE IS SHAPED BY THE BELIEF THAT WHAT IS REMOVED CAN BE AS MEANINGFUL AS WHAT REMAINS.
THE GEOMETRY IS DELIBERATELY QUIET. EACH LINE EXISTS WITH INTENT. THE TABLE READS AS A SILENT MONUMENT, COMPOSED, CALM, AND CONTEMPLATIVE. ITS SURFACE INVITES BOTH USE AND REFLECTION, MAKING ROOM FOR DAILY RITUALS AS WELL AS MOMENTS OF STILLNESS.
IN ITS SCALE AND FUNCTION, THE TABLE EXTENDS THIS PHILOSOPHY INTO A SHARED SPACE. WHERE THE STOOL WAS SOLITARY, THE DINING TABLE IS COMMUNAL. HERE, ASCETICISM IS NOT ABOUT AUSTERITY BUT ABOUT FOCUS. IT BECOMES A WAY OF LIVING MORE MEANINGFULLY TOGETHER.
EACH TABLE IS PRODUCED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF THREE, A GESTURE TOWARD RARITY AND REVERENCE. IT IS NOT MADE TO IMPRESS BUT TO ENDURE, OFFERING A QUIET FORM OF LUXURY ROOTED IN SPACE, STILLNESS, AND RESTRAINT.
ARTWORK DETAILS
MATERIAL | TINTED OAK, MATT FINISH
DIMENSIONS | H 75 W 180 D 180 CM
EDITION | LIMITED EDITION OF 3
YEAR | 2025
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION | FRANCE (PARIS)
PRODUCTION | MADE IN PARIS BY ATELIERS SAINT-JACQUES. PRODUCTION TIME: 10–14 WEEKS. CUSTOM SIZE OR FINISH ON REQUEST
SIGNATURE | SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE ARTISTS, ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
AVAILABILITY
AVAILABLE THROUGH SELECTED GALLERIES
PRICE ON REQUES
