Nesting Tables by Josef Albers

Nesting Tables - four, colorful nesting tables designed by German-American artist, Josef Albers (1888-1976), in 1926. The timeless table set, originally created for the owners (and close friends of the artist) of the Moellenhoff-Haus in Berlin, stands today as a Bauhaus classic.

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Nesting Tables combines the distinct geometric shapes and colors from Josef Albers' artistic palette, which includes paintings, graphics, glass works, decorations in various techniques – and also furniture.

Albers was particularly interested in the relationship between color and form and the relativity of color. Among his major works is the series of paintings, Homage to the Square, which he began in 1950, and of which individual paintings are part of the Louisiana collection.

Josef Albers was one of the most influential artists of the Bauhaus movement. After studying at the art academies in Berlin, Essen and Munich, he came to the Bauhaus school in Weimar in 1920, where after a short period of study he became a teacher until and from 1926-1927, as creative director of the furniture line. It was during his years at the school that Albers primarily worked with furniture design.

The Bauhaus movement was founded by the German architect, Walter Gropius, as an art school in Weimar in 1919. The mission here was to unite art and crafts and to bring together various design disciplines such as theater, architecture, design, print, ceramics, textiles, etc.

The frame is made of solid oak and the tabletop is made of glass, imported from Italy. The tables are produced in a family-owned company in the Erzgebirge, Germany.

Goal:
Turquoise table: W: 60 cm x D: 40 cm x H: 63 cm
Yellow table: W: 54 cm x D: 40 cm x H: 55 cm
Orange table: W: 48 cm x D: 40 cm x H: 48 cm
Blue table: W: 42 cm x D: 40 cm x H: 40 cm
Material: Frame made of solid oak and tabletops made of lacquered glass.
Color: Multi
Design: Josef Albers
Model: Nesting Tables
Weight: 18.2 kg