Round Coffee Table in Roman Travertine and Oak by Lebanto

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Roman travertine over a base of solid oak gives the Tinian its balance. It is a low table for the … Read more Roman travertine over a base of solid oak gives the Tinian its balance. It is a low table for the space in front of a sofa, built from two materials that warm to each other rather than compete.

Roman travertine is the stone of ancient Rome, formed in the mineral springs around Tivoli and used across the Colosseum and the colonnades of St Peter's Square. It carries a soft, creamy beige tone, its delicate linear veining and gently layered structure warmer and more understated than the marbles. The base answers in solid European oak, its honey-toned, open grain warming to the stone above so the travertine and oak settle into a single, considered pairing. Every top is cut from its own block, so no two of these Roman travertine and oak coffee tables are quite alike.

Underneath, a solid oak base carries the weight. Two boards are set perpendicular and slotted one through the other into an interlocking cross-leg structure, the join shown rather than hidden, so the craft of the piece and the support of it are one and the same.

Quiet and composed, the Roman travertine and oak coffee table holds a room without demanding it, as at ease in front of a sofa as anywhere. The Tinian is an Italian coffee table made to order in Cantù, in Lombardy's long-established furniture district, drawn from full-slab stone, solid timber, and premium Italian glass. See less