The Berlino Table, designed by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1905, is a rectangular solid wood table that represents an ideal balance between classic and contemporary. Its natural cherry structure is characterized by an opening system under the top, which allows the table to be extended with ease. By lifting the top, one or both of the extensions underneath can be extracted to increase the support surface.
Cassina
Cassina was founded in 1927 in Meda (Milan) by Cesare and Umberto Cassina, inaugurating industrial design in Italy in the 1950s. The brand's identity is found in an original union where technological aptitude is closely linked to traditional craftsmanship. Cassina maintains its ancient heart, the carpentry, the linchpin of all its workmanship. It is characterised by a transversal culture of absolute quality, which makes each Cassina piece unique.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in London on 10 December 1928. His personality is among those that characterize the era immediately preceding the Modern Movement. The Glasgow School of Art project is mainly linked to his name. He was the animator and most authoritative exponent of the group known as "The Glasgow School" and distinguished himself above all for having recovered the most authentic values of the Scottish vernacular and neo-Gothic taste. The group, also called the "School of Ghosts", had resonance throughout Europe: in Liège in 1895, in London in 1896, in Vienna in 1900, in Turin in 1902, in Moscow in 1903, in Budapest and in other important European cities. Among the works of greatest interest, in addition to the Glasgow School of Art, are to be remembered: the "Windyhill" house in Kilmacolm (1900), the “Hill House” in Helensburgh (1902-3), the fitting out of the house at Derngate, Northampton (1916-20), and fitting out of the Tea Houses in Glasgow for Miss Cranston.