New Bric Table by Riva1920
30/07/2019
Among the most interesting innovations of the Riva1920 collection, the Bric round table, designed by Mario Bellini, deserves a particular mention.
Made with the characteristic briccola wood (the wood of the poles planted in the seabed used to mark the tides and navigable channels through the Venetian lagoon), this table is truly one-of-a-kind in terms of its aesthetics and material composition.
The top, rounded with glued briccola boards, rests on four legs in turned oak wood with a central and inclined position.
The finishing is based on natural wax of vegetable origin with pine extracts, and lends an even more natural look to the whole ensemble.
This table becomes even more exclusive, also by way of the distinctiveness of the briccola, being a type of wood that has spent between 10 and 20 years in sea water, and featuring natural signs of corrosion and material changes which give these mooring posts their unquestionable value.
The main characteristic of Briccola wood is the incredible surface treatment it undergoes at the hands of so-called shipworms, marine mollusks akin to saltwater clams notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in sea water. These mollusks leave their mark by drilling passages, rasping their way through the wood, and making perfectly round holes that create very suggestive drawings and shapes.
Quite simply, these are truly unique wood types, where no two pieces are the same as one another, and their one-of-a-kind personality and style are never in question.
