Dining.tea.table t-6500 from horgenglarus | round ø 95cm

The dining.tea.table by Jürg Bally is one of the few table icons in Switzerland. The architect designed the height-adjustable table in 1950, shortly before he started working for Knoll International in New York. The table is a birthday present for his future wife Ica, who was missing a table in her furnished room at the time. The piece of furniture, then called the ST table, is still in her home today. Bally`s wit is evident in the name, as the height adjustment turns it from a dining table into a tea table, which sounds extremely `aesthetic`.

The inspiration was Hans Bellmann`s three-legged `colonial table` from 1944. With the adjustable table (as it was popularly known), Jürg Bally created a response to the changing living conditions and increasing mobility that is still relevant today. The lift table, as it was also called, went into series production in the 1950s at the `Werkgenossenschaft Wohnhilfe`. From 1968, Bally took over production and sales himself, including in his Zurich furniture store at Neumarkt 11.

The dining.tea.table became Jürg Bally`s most famous design. The official prototype from 1950 is now in the design collection of the Museum of Design in Zurich. In 1955 it received the `Good Form` award from the Swiss Werkbund.

The construction of this design classic is as simple as it is ingenious: the table top rests on three crossed legs connected by a movable pivot hinge. The self-locking winding mechanism was perfected for the 2014 re-edition with design engineer Daniel Hunziker in 400 hours of work. A lever under the table top rolls a steel band up or down in a drum using spring force. While the legs move together or apart in the rails under the table top, the table top rises and lowers from the dining table to the tea table in ten steps from 72 to 40 centimeters. Thanks to the precision of the details and the careful assembly, adjustment is effortless without having to clear the table top.

Further information about the horgenglarus ess.tee.tisch:

Execution:
- Table top in linoleum with solid wood edge
- Base frame in solid wood, height adjustable 42-74cm
- Central foot connection in anthracite cast iron
- Adjustment mechanism CNS

Glider:
Incl. felt pads

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Design:
Jürg Bally