The Girard Table is a versatile object that can be used as a side table or coffee table. Available in in a trio of wooden finishes, the piece is capped with steel tube legs finished in a black powder-coating, making for an elegant, shapely object. The sculptural qualities synonymous with Girard's wider work is present and correct in the coffee table, and fits in with the legendary designers view that 'Art is only art when it is synonymous with living.'
Designer Alexander Girard was born to an American mother and an Italian father in 1907 in New York City. Along with his close friends and contemporaries George Nelson and Charles & Ray Eames, Girard was one of the leading figures of postwar American modern design.
Textile design was the main focus of his wide-ranging design career which also encompassed architecture, interior design, furniture design and industrial design. Perhaps his most iconic designs are his collection of hand-painted Wooden Dolls with are now produced under licence by Vitra.
