Serenissimo

With the precision of its contours, Serenissimo translates the concept of the table into a graphic composition with four columns and a horizontal steel bar that makes the table topappear to float.‎ In line with Lella and Massimo Vignelli’s original design, it is an object that expresses itself through its geometry and materials: basic shapes characterised by metallic finishes or soft encaustic tones.‎StructureThe structure consists of 4 cylindrical bases (Ø 28 cm) made with a steel tube, painted in either a gun-metal grey or orbital bronze finish, or, in Encausto’s more tactile variations, in the colours terracotta, green, and white.‎ The metal frame that holds together the 4 bases and supports the table top is painted micaceous grey.‎TopThe tops are available in either a square or rectangular versionand in the following finishes:_ transparent glass, float glass plate characterized by transparency.‎ Thickness 15 mm;_ extra clear opalescent glass, float glass plate with smooth and glossy upper side, acid-etched lower side.‎Thickness 15 mm;_ cast glass, glass plate hot molded with smooth and glossy upper side, wrinkled (for casting) and semi-transparent back-lacquered lower side, in the colours black, mustard yellow, English green, pink.‎ Thickness 15 mm;_ lacquered frosted white glass, float glass plate with acid-etched upper side (silky effect to the touch), and back-lacquered lower side.‎ Thickness 15 mm.‎Encausto: also known as “Venetian stucco”, encausto uses a highly sophisticated technique in which a fine sand plaster is applied in successive layers, the last of which is coloured with natural earth.‎ In this stage a fluidmalleable mixture of limewash is used to burn the colour, changing it as it dries (in fact, “encausto” is a Latin term that derives from the Greek word “enkaustikos” or “to burn in”).‎ In the “tallocciatura” phase, which refers to the process of manually smoothing the plaster through the skilful use of a spatula, the coloured mixture is unevenly incorporated in the plaster, giving the surface the characteristic appearance of this ancient artisan tradition.‎ NB: *L350 D120 is not available in the cast glass finish.‎