Designed by Giovanni Ausenda, Guido Baldo Grossi, and Gianni Gavioli for Ny Form of Bologna, the Shilling coffee table is among the most resolved expressions of Italian modernist furniture of the early 1970s. Dark mirrored glass panels — inlaid with geometric brass strips and set into a brass-edged frame — rest on a black lacquered pedestal base engineered to create a near-floating effect. The recessed central well, originally conceived as a dry bar, functions as a compositional device as much as a practical one.
Produced in limited numbers by Ny Form during the early 1970s, the Shilling is a rare example of Bologna's contribution to the decade's glamour modernism.
Designed by Giovanni Ausenda, Guido Baldo Grossi, and Gianni Gavioli for Ny Form of Bologna, the Shilling coffee table is among the most resolved expressions of Italian modernist furniture of the early 1970s. Dark mirrored glass panels — inlaid with geometric brass strips and set into a brass-edged frame — rest on a black lacquered pedestal base engineered to create a near-floating effect. The recessed central well, originally conceived as a dry bar, functions as a compositional device as much as a practical one.
Produced in limited numbers by Ny Form during the early 1970s, the Shilling is a rare example of Bologna's contribution to the decade's glamour modernism.
