Cormorant Console Table
Cormorant console table: black walnut, ebonized tiger maple, blackwood, 33 1/2″ h x 11 1/2″d x 60″l. $5,200.
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The Cormorant console table is one of my more personally satisfying designs. It began with the hand-shaped upright “legs” and the rest fell quickly into place.
The junction at the top of each leg where the leg joins with the curved top rail and side rail suggested to me a bird-like quality when I began constructing the table for the first time. This led me to blacken the 5-foot long, elliptical tiger maple top creating a subtle, feathery texture like the drying, outstretched wings of the table’s namesake.
A simple, straight stretcher provides a strong visual effect as it relates to the curves. With the stretcher rounded on the underside along its length, the angled end cuts result in an elliptical shaped surface, effectively echoing the larger positive and negative shapes above. The gaps within the split-sided uprights allow for wood movement but also serve as visual breaks in the mass.
Wider but shallower than my Cirrus 3, the Cormorant is equally dramatic and deserves a prominent space along a wall or behind a sofa where its sculptural composition can be viewed from many angles.
Originally designed in 2013, a subsequent edition of the table was awarded for “best in furniture” and “outstanding craftsmanship” at The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s show “Maine Wood 2016” in Rockport, Maine. More recently, the owners of the very first Cormorant console table commissioned a dining table version of the piece featuring ebonized mahogany drop leaves and gate legs. The Cormorant Dining Table.
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