French Pedestal Book Table

A stack of steel-brown shelves that looks like a staircase for books.

This pedestal book table is from France and is contemporary, made of iron. Furniture of folded and welded metal draws on industrial design, trading carved ornament for plain planes and hard edges. A central iron post rises from a flat rectangular base, carrying two angled trays with raised flanges and a square top plate. The finish is matte, dark and brown, with no decoration beyond the shapes themselves. It is 15.75 inches long, 11.75 deep and 31.75 high.

Every book gets its own landing.