Indonesian Natural Wood Pedestal Table

Count the rings if you like. Dinner will get cold.

This natural wood pedestal table comes from Indonesia and is contemporary work in suar wood. Suar is a fast-growing tropical hardwood, and Indonesian workshops use its wide trunks for round dining and center tables like this, built to gather people around one single piece of wood. The round top is thick as a drum, with growth rings spreading outward from a pale, glowing center. Beneath it, a short, plain column drops to a low disc of a base. The grain darkens on the sides and on the pedestal. Just over 55 inches in diameter and 30.5 high.

The tree did most of the design work.