RAPOLANO Table
Carved by vanished waters, a fragment of ancient earth floats in silence. Suspended between two pillars, where time, stone and water become one form.
90 x 150 x H 75 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2019
Rapolano’s TRAVERTINE, Extraclear Polished RESIN, Metal Legs ( Burnished or RAL Powder Coated ).
Three million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, a vast arm of the sea stretched across what are now the hills of Chianti. This ancient marine basin gathered sediments carried by rivers — fragments of rock, clay, and sand — depositing them in slow, layered rhythms. As the sea receded and returned with time, it shaped a complex landscape of lagoon, beach, and shallow depth.
Through eons of water and wind, this land was carved into a petrified storm, a terrain where time took geological form. From this memory of earth and sea emerged Rapolano, a Tuscan town known since Roman times for its thermal springs and the distinctive travertine stone born from mineral-rich waters.
In collaboration with Vaselli, alcarol has recovered fragments of this ancient stone, their cavities carved by erosion, and filled them with a clear resin evoking the still waters where they once lay submerged. Layers of matter and memory suspended in transparency.
The Rapolano Table is more than an object: it is a suspended landscape. A solid fragment of the Earth, sculpted by millennia, now hovers above ground, held aloft by two slender metal pillars, silent presences that do not merely support, but elevate time itself. The table becomes a metaphysical structure: where nature’s deepest past rises to meet the clarity of form, made eternal through design.
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