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table
extendable

production

1951

manufacturer

ABV

description

Round dining table with side extensions - fold-out wings - that transform it into an oval table. It seats 4-6-8 persons. It was designed in 1951 for Atelier Borsani Varedo (ABV), later reNAMEd Tecno, and commended for the Compasso d'Oro Award of 1955.

technical data

Wood, metal

bibliography

Tavolo ampliabile, in Domus 307, giugno 1953

F. Raggi, Designing as Robinson Crusoe, in Flare, maggio 1993

Tommaso Fantoni, Norman Foster, Osvaldo Borsani, Milano, Skira 2018

Irene De Guttry, Maria Paola Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni 40 e 50, Milano, Laterza 2010, pp./nn. 196

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