Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Side Table - Gray Furniture under $350 held at Julien Levy Gallery

held at Julien Levy Gallery in New York in 1938

leather-like texture which is highly durable

Both Alvar Aalto and the chair’s manufacturer

The separate back and seat provide visual interest—and they also initially simplified production in the early days of the chair

a manufacturer with work in MoMA's collection

Isamu Noguchi Prismatic Side Table - Gray Furniture under $350 held at Julien Levy GalleryIn the mid 1950s, designer and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi began experimenting with aluminum, a material that had become fashionable in interior design. In 1957, he conceived the Prismatic Side table, a design composed of three folded pieces of aluminum fastened together to create a hexagonal top that transitions into three legs. After developing several monochromatic variations, he designed these three versions in arrangements of three