Vitra Eames ETR - Elliptical Coffee Table Philippe Starck Charles and Ray Eames developed

Charles and Ray Eames developed a new system of free-standing multifunctional shelves and writing desks which - similar to the Eames House that dates from the same time - were constructed strictly in keeping with the principles of industrial mass production: the Eames Storage Units (ESU) and Eames Desk Units (EDU)

crafted from solid fine-polished Nero Marquina marble

there was a metal shortage and so the table legs were made of wood

Bertoia found sublime grace in an industrial material

This previously unknown design

Vitra Eames ETR - Elliptical Coffee Table Philippe Starck Charles and Ray Eames developedVitra ETR is a low coffee table with its elegant elliptical shape that ressembles a surfboard and was quickly given the nickname "surfboard table". With its double chromed base, the table formally references a theme repeatedly varied on by the Eames, namely that of shaped steel rods welded together to make a fixed, static structure. The edge of the table shows the beauty of the layers of plywood making a neat finish. ETR = Elliptical Table Rod Base