RAPOLANO Low Table
A fragment of thermal earth, where flowing water is now still. A miniature landscape shaped by time, suspended in quiet, enduring clarity.
70 x 95 x H 28 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2018 — Atelier Bespoke, Milan
Rapolano’s TRAVERTINE, Extraclear Polished RESIN, Burnished STEEL Base.
Three million years ago, the Chianti hills overlooked a vast inland sea. In that ancient basin, thermal waters carried sediments through time — layer after layer — settling, shifting, and sculpting the land. As the sea slowly withdrew, it left behind a territory etched by water and wind: a stratified memory of beaches, lagoons, and shallow depths.
From this landscape of transformation comes Rapolano Travertine, stone born of warm mineral-rich springs, used since the time of the Etruscans and Romans.
In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol salvaged fragments of this eroded stone, their natural cavities filled with transparent resin, a still echo of the thermal waters that once flowed through them. In this state of suspended clarity, the stone seems to float above time.
The Rapolano Low Table is more than a functional surface: it’s a miniature landscape, a geological memory made visible. A fragment of territory shaped by ancient flows, now still, now quiet — where the turbulence of millennia has been paused, preserved, and made eternal.
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