Franco Albini
TL2 table
Maker: Poggi
Italy
ca. 1950
Mahogany, enameled steel
71 w x 27½ d x 27½ h in.

The TL2 mahogany and enameled steel table is also known as the Cavalletto table. This table was designed by Italian modernist architect and designer Franco Albini is and early 1950s edition of the table and it was masterly crafted table by wood shop and furniture maker Poggi. Its lines are simple and its design clearly display Franco Albini’s predilection for placing the furniture’s structure as a central feature of the aesthetics displaying gravity tension and balance.

 

Literature
G. Gramigna - Repetitorio 1950-1980, pg. 61,
A. Piva, V. Prina - Franco Albini, 1905-1977, 1998, pg. 269, Milano, Electa
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