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Robber Baron
Table

designers:
Job Smeets
Nynke Tynagel

design year:
2006

manufacturer:
Studio Job, The Netherlands

materials:
polished, patinated, gilded and painted cast bronze

notes:
A patinated bronze “factory”, whose architecture is derived from interpretations of various early 20th century works, including the AEG factory of Peter Behrens, the Battersea Power Station in London, and the Neo-Classical architecture of Albert Speer. The four chimneys produce a “polluted cloud” of polished bronze, which becomes the open-work tabletop.

Magnificent in scale, exceptionally finely detailed, with precision mechanical movements where required, and incorporating deeply carved iconographic reliefs, these works are guild-like in their master craftsmanship, each taking approximately one year to complete.

Their mirror finish reflecting the outrageous excesses of America's 19th century tycoons and Russia's new oligarchs, these surreal, highly-expressive furnishings, each a complex composition of multiple visual elements, represent an interior belonging to a powerful industrial leader, or their heirs. With clouds of pollution belching from towering smoke stacks, missiles and falcons and gas masks, warplanes and wrenches adorning golden surfaces, Robber Baron celebrates and shames both Art and Industry.

The collection will be an edition of five. This piece is No. 4 of 5.

dimensions:
30" high
18.75" wide
39" deep
700 pounds (approx)

price upon request