CHIMENTI RIVER Table
Built from the ancient oak poles of Venice, this table suspends its hidden underwater landscape in crystalline stillness.
270 x 100 x H 75 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2020
Bricola Solid Oak WOOD, Frosted RESIN – Colorless or Aquamarine – , Burnished STEEL Legs.
The Chimenti Table is born from planks of Venetian Bricole oak — ancient poles that have stood for decades in the Lagoon, their edges shaped by tides, carved by salt, and marked by the slow work of time and marine life.
In the traditional language of Venetian shipwrights, chimenti are the narrow gaps between the hull planks of a vessel, once sealed by skilled caulkers with oakum and colofonia — a clear natural resin.
Reinterpreting this ancient craft, alcarol fills only the empty spaces within the wood with a transparent resin that embodies the water it once lived in, preserving the traces of air and light suspended beneath the surface.
Through this process, the table becomes a tangible section of the Venetian Lagoon — a vision of the underwater landscape made still, where motion turns to clarity and time seems to rest.
The Chimenti Table is more than a functional object: it is a fragment of Venice itself, sculpted by water and history, now rendered eternal in its final, translucent layer — a dialogue between material, memory, and light.
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