A highly collectible acid etched and hand painted bronze and pewter coffee table by Philip and Kelvin Laverne. The rectangular shaped table features the creation of man by Michelangelo on the tabletop and a two patinated bronze fluted pedestal bases.
The piece is created using an involved process perfected through painstaking library research over a six-year span, the Laverne's, a father and son duo, began producing the decorative bronze furniture for which they would become known around the mid-1950s. Though their historical style and somewhat mythologized technique (a special soil from Asia was imported in which pieces were buried to patinate) were at odds with the modernist dogma of the day, the Laverne's’ business exploded in popularity; their waiting list often ran years deep.
Table top signed Philip + Kelvin Laverne.
