robin day walnut dining table

£999.00

A fantastic walnut dining table from Robin day 1952.Originally designed for the Royal Festival hall model 677.

The steel frame has been colour matched and re-powder coated.The walnut table top has been stripped and re-polished, not adding colour and leaving the warm feel and depth of the walnut. Care and attention to detail have been used to bring this table back to life and still keeping as near has possible to its origins.

The 4 chairs are sold separately

Robin Day`s name has been associated with Hille from 1949. He began designing for the company after winning a first prize in the New York Museum of Modern Art International competition for low-cost furniture. He soon became Hille`s director of design and was responsible for all the visual manifestations of the company, until it changed hands in 1982. From this time his direction and influence ended. Although best known for furniture design, his long career has covered a wide spectrum, Including aircraft design, office and restaurant interiors designing for the television and radio industries, exhibition work and graphics. He has won many awards both in the UK and abroad and was awarded the OBE in 1983. He still has connections with Hille and looks forward to their growing success in the contract furniture field.