EM TABLE By Vitra
Rectangular dining table with wooden top and steel base
1950
The designer and engineer Jean Prouvé developed the EM Table around 1950 for the project 'Maison Tropicale'. Adhering to the aesthetics of necessity, even the smallest details of this table are determined by its construction. The canted legs are connected by a crossbar, illustrating the structural forces and flow of stresses in a way that is typically seen only in engineering structures.
The EM Table is available with table tops in solid wood, robust HPL laminate or – for tops measuring 2000 or 2400 mm in length – wood veneer.
Materials:
Solid wood table top: 34 mm thick, oiled finish; natural oak, smoked oak or American walnut.
Base: bent sheet steel and tubular steel, powder-coated (smooth). Colour options matched to Standard SP chair.
Origin of wood: oak (Quercus robur) from Western Europe and/or Poland; American walnut (Juglans nigra) from the USA.
Veneer table top: 39 mm thick; natural or dark stained oak (Europe), protective natural lacquer finish.
Base: bent sheet steel and tubular steel, powder-coated (smooth). Colour options matched to Standard SP chair.
HPL table top: 40 mm thick, high pressure laminate surface and edges.
Base: bent sheet steel and tubular steel, powder-coated (textured). Colour options matched to Standard SP chair.
