CHIMENTI Frosted Table
Crafted from the ancient oak poles of Venice, this table captures its underwater time — where wood and water merge into one eternal fragment.
280 x 100 x H 75 cm — Bespoke Sizes, Shapes and Finishes
2013 — Mint Gallery, London
Bricola Solid Oak WOOD, Frosted RESIN – Colorless or Aquamarine – , Burnished STEEL Legs.
The Chimenti Frosted Table is crafted from three planks of Venetian Briccole oak, preserving their natural live edges — sculpted by salt water, shaped by time, and gently eroded by lagoon molluscs.
In Venetian seafaring language, chimenti are the gaps between the planks of a ship’s hull, once sealed by master caulkers with oakum and colofonia — a transparent natural resin. Echoing this ancient gesture, alcarol fills only the voids of the wood with a clear resin that embodies the water once surrounding it, capturing the underwater air bubbles and restoring the timber’s original vitality.
This process transforms the material into a poetic cross-section of the Venetian Lagoon — a still image of the underwater world, where time appears to stop and the essence of Venice becomes visible.
The Chimenti Frosted Table is not just a piece of furniture: it is a fragment of submerged Venice, crystallized in its final layer of transparent stillness — a bridge between craft, nature, and memory.
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