Round table by Pierre Vandel from the Villa d'Este collection of the 1970s

Round table by pierre vandel from the villa d'este collection of the 1970s. It is made of a steel frame with green patina. The beveled glass top. The feet and tops in gilded brass with leaf patterns. It bears the plaque pierre vandel paris. Furniture designer pierre vandel was born in 1946 in roubaix, a suburb of lille, france. He is best known for his angular tables, which evoke the glamorous yet minimalist aesthetic that dominated furniture and lighting design in france in the 1970s. Pierre vandel followed a professional training in assembly and industrial design, before joining a research team at the école nationale des ponts et chaussées and the école nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers in paris. Interested in technological innovation and different types of product development, pierre vandel experimented with a vertical aquarium and hi-fi systems, before devoting himself to the already well-established field of table, chair and lighting design. In 1969, marais international placed an order to distribute 5, 000 copies of the designer's relatively unknown work. Yet it was his meeting and friendship with the iconic fashion designer pierre cardin (born in 1922) that proved to be the decisive turning point in pierre vandel's career in design and made him meet international success. Cardin supported pierre vandel's efforts by encouraging him to create his own brand, pierre vandel - paris, and then by making him known to high society, which bought pierre vandel's creations. Pierre vandel's designs – which include dining tables, desks and coffee tables, made of aluminum, lacquered wood or plexiglass structures with brass details and smoked or clear glass tabletops – are exported to clients in new york, london, melbourne and tokyo.

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