CHIMENTI ROUND Coffee Table
From Venetian poles to a circle of memory — where submerged Venice turns into a timeless vessel of wood and water.
Ø70 x H 30 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2015
Bricola Solid Oak WOOD, Frosted RESIN – Colorless or Aquamarine – , Burnished STEEL Legs.
The Chimenti Round Coffee Table emerges from reclaimed oak planks once part of Venice’s briccole poles, their natural live edges weathered by salt, tides, and the gentle caress of lagoon molluscs. These planks are reimagined in a circular form — a loop that echoes the continuity of water.
In Venetian nautical tradition, chimenti are the gaps between ship planks, sealed by caulkers with oakum and colofonia, a translucent resin. In resonance with that craft, alcarol infuses only the voids in the wood with a transparent resin that mimics the water it once knew — capturing suspended air bubbles, restoring vitality, and preserving the material’s memory.
Through this process, the table becomes a poetic subaqueous section of the Lagoon, where time is arrested and the underground currents of Venice surface in form. The circular shape frames a vision of fluid eternity, invoking the submerged geographies of the city.
More than furniture, the Chimenti Round Coffee Table is a fragment of underwater Venice made visible, crystallized in light and stone — a meeting point between material, memory, and the timeless pulse of water.
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