Indonesian Wood Low Table

The top is a cross-section of a tree that turned to stone and kept its growth rings anyway.

This low table comes from Java, Indonesia. It is petrified wood and stainless steel. Petrified wood forms when buried timber is slowly replaced by minerals, preserving its structure in stone, and Indonesia is known for large slabs suited to furniture. The top is a thick, irregular round slab, pale grey and cream across its face with concentric rings and a rough, bark-like edge in tan and rust. It rests on a polished steel base of two upright frames crossing at the floor. It is 25 inches long, 23 deep and 20.5 high.

A few million years in the making, and now it holds the coffee.