Currently available in just one size, the Rio low table was originally
created by Charlotte Perriand as two. Between 1962, the year she
designed the piece and 1967, Charlotte Perriand made a larger version
intended for the Japanese embassy in Paris. The unusual beauty of
the Rio table, matched by its functionality make it a veritable work
of art. The six segments, made in solid wood, each with a different
radius, offset from each other, create a jagged outer edge, while the
hole in the centre evokes a centre of gravity. Cassina re-issued the
original version in 1962, reproducing the original lines, thanks also to
the extraordinary crafts skills of the artisans of Meda, a town in the
Brianza area north of Milan.
