Designer : Ado Chale

Ado Chale (b. 1928 Belgium) Over a career that spans nearly half a century, Ado Chale developed an international reputation for creating art furniture that incorporates exotic minerals and other decorative natural elements. As a young man instead of continuing in his father’s cabinet workshop, Chale studied ironwork. On a trip to Germany, he discovered the world of minerals in a Frankfurt “rock shop”. Gradually, a pastime became the focus of his career. He opened his own mineral shop on Brussels' famous Avenue Louise in 1965. Rather than just sell impressive specimens, he took pieces of malachite, mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli, elephant tusk, petrified wood and other natural oddities and included them as the main decorative element in his own furniture creations. Chale often sourced these exotic materials on his travels to places such as India, Brazil, Afghanistan and Arizona. In addition to mineral mosaics suspended in resin-epoxy, drawing on his educational background, he has also completed works in cast metals. Chale’s low tables and consoles are the most sought after examples from his oeuvre. Many of his tables rest on his signature tripod bases. His work is included in numerous royal and public collections around the world.
 
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Black Resin and Hematite Inlaid Low Table by Ado Chale
item name : Black Resin and Hematite Inlaid Low Table by Ado Chale
designers : Ado Chale
Era : Circa 1970's
Country of Origin : Belgium
Materials : Resin

item description :

A Black Resin and Hematite Inlaid Low Table by Ado Chale, 1975.  A thick slab of black resin inlaid with organically shaped strips of hematite rests on two tripod bases.  A bronze inlay signature “Chale” is on the apron.

Excellent Original Condition

 

17H X 51W X 23D

item # : TMF1065
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Magnificent Black Resin and Malachite Coffee Table by Ado Chale
item name : Magnificent Black Resin and Malachite Coffee Table by Ado Chale
designers : Ado Chale
Era : Circa 1970's
Country of Origin : France
Materials : Resin

item description :

Magnificent Black Resin and Malachite Coffee Table by Ado Chale

Belgium, c. 1970

A Magnificent black resin and malachite coffee table by Ado Chale, c. 1970.  A low table in black resin with malachite inlays in three organic forms spanning the width of the table and has a bronze inlay signature “Chale” on the apron. The top rests on three black, metal tripod bases.

 

Excellent Original Condition

14.5H 64.5W 25.5D

item # : TMF1066
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Console Table by Ado Chale
item name : Console Table by Ado Chale
designers : Ado Chale

item description :

Cast aluminum console table by Ado Chale, France, 1970. Two inch thick top with cast concentric circles design. Perfect for an entrance way or foyer. Incised signature to side, “Chale”

 

29.25 h   47.5 w   16 d         

 

Excellent original condition

item # : TMF897
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