Torno Round — Solid Oak Hourglass Pedestal Dining Table

The Torno Round begins where geometry ends. Its plateau is a wide disc of solid oak — grain running edge to edge, finish matte and open, surface warm and readable. But it is the pedestal that defines the piece. Carved from the same solid oak into a form that has no name in the furniture vocabulary — wider at the top, narrowing to a compressed waist, then swelling outward again into a broad, grounded base — the Torno's column is the intersection of two bowls facing each other, of two forces meeting at a point of maximum tension. The form is simultaneously stable and dynamic, grounded and in motion.

The grain of the oak follows the curve of the pedestal continuously — at the waist it reads as a tight, compressed pattern; at the shoulders and base it opens into broader, more relaxed lines. The texture of the surface is consistent throughout: a fine, even pattern of cut grain that makes the light move across the pedestal as you move around it. No two positions give the same reading. Monomatière absolute — plateau and pedestal are the same oak, the same finish, the same material intelligence applied to two very different geometric problems simultaneously.

Suited for 4 to 8 guests depending on diameter. The most formally resolved all-wood piece in the collection.