Warren Platner Side Table - Glass Top

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Product Details • Overall: W 15.75" x D 15.75" x H 18" • Weight: 18 lbs • Collection: Warren Platner • Tearsheet: Warren Platner Side Table - Glass Top - Tearsheet Description Inspired by the original 1966 Platner Collection designed by Warren Platner. The Platner Collection captured the "decorative, gentle, graceful" shapes that were beginning to infiltrate the modern vocabulary. The iconic side table is created by welding curved steel rods to circular frames, simultaneously serving as structure and ornament. Materials & Features • Top: 0.4"(10mm) thickness tempered clear glass with bevel on underside • Base: polished #304 grade stainless steel with Chrome/Gold/Gun Metal Black finish Designer American architect and interior designer Warren Platner was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1919. Platner attended Cornell University, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1941. Shortly after, he began working with legendary architects Raymond Loewy and I.M. Pei from 1945 to 1950, and with Eero Saarinen from 1960 to 1965. During this time he was part of the design process of many historically important projects including the Dulles International Airport, in Washington, D.C., the Repertory Theater at Lincoln Center, and several dormitories for Yale University. Platner joined Kevin Roche's firm as the head of interior design, becoming more involved with interior and industrial design, as he believed that the essence and character of a building's design should come from within. In 1967, having gained a wealth of expertise and knowledge from working for architect-design luminaries, Platner decided to open his own firm, Platner Associates. Not limiting itself to architecture, it also experimented in furniture design, lighting, textiles, and interiors. From the late 1960s onwards, he exhibited widely and worked on a variety of interior design and architecture projects, including the interior design of the Ford Foundation headquarters (1967) in New York, the Georg Jensen Design Center (1968) also in New York, the interior to the American Restaurant in Kansas (1974), the interiors for Water Tower Place (1976) in Chicago, and the Windows on the World Restaurant (1976) atop the World Trade Center in New York. In the 1960s, as the modernist movement became more expressive, Platner focused on a quieter aesthetic, wishing to create more graceful structures. In 1966 Platner, in collaboration with Knoll, unveiled the Platner Collection a series of sleek modern chairs, ottomans and tables that rest on an intricately sculpted base of cylindrical steel rods replicating a moir pattern. Requiring over 1,000 welds for one piece alone, the complex design is a close marriage of architecture and industrial design. Though Platner designed other pieces, the Platner Collection was his most renowned collection that ultimately made a name for himself in furniture design. Warranty We at Eternity Modern are pleased to offer an outstanding guarantee on all our products. We proudly stand by the quality and craftsmanship of all our furniture pieces. We do not compromise on any procedures and we follow a strict protocol to ensure that the quality of our products is maintained. Hence, to sustain our devotion to quality, Eternity Modern offers a 3-year warranty from date of delivery on all factory defects and furniture parts. Customer satisfaction is one of our key principles and we will work diligently to resolve any issues that should arise. *Defects/blemishes resulting from normal wear and tear, negligence, accidents, maltreatment. Please contact customer service should you have any inquiries regarding our Warranty Policy. All items offered in our Warehouse Sale or offered as "Final Sale" are exempt from regular store policy. There are no returns or exchanges accepted. Offer valid for a limited time only. Offer limited to stock on hand; no rain checks are available and not applicable to prior or pending orders.