RAPOLANO _ Coffee Table _ Limited Edition

Around three million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, the Chianti hills overlooked a vast inland sea. Waters stretched southeast for nearly 80 kilometers, gradually depositing sediments that would form layers of clays, sandstones, and conglomerates — shaped by time, tides, and the quiet rhythm of geological transformation.
As the sea withdrew, it left behind a stratified memory of its presence. A petrified stormy seascape sculpted by erosion, where wind and water carved the land into a deep, textural relief. Among the remnants of this ancient sea lies Rapolano, famed for its thermal springs and its travertine, a stone imbued with history and mineral poetry.
In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol has recovered fragments of this eroded travertine, preserving their voids and textures with a crystal-clear resin that evokes the water they once lay in, still, translucent, and blue.
The Rapolano Coffee Table is not only a functional object, but a sculptural landscape. The stone seems to rise from a sea of shifting hues — from pale aqua to the inky depths of blue — like a miniature ocean frozen in time. It is a fragment of territory and deep time, where the material memory of the Earth meets the clarity of design. A timeless sea, scaled to human intimacy.