Tavolo is a table from Mats Theselius’s series Körsbärstjuven (The Cherry Thief), first launched in 2001.
Produced in a numbered edition of 16 pieces, each table is a singular object — the result of an exacting manufacturing process that combines turning, milling, chipping, forging, threading and polishing applied to solid Swedish steel with a black bronzed finish.
The tabletop is in polished black Solid Surface, 70 cm in diameter and 24 mm thick. The overall height is 73 cm. Every dimension and surface reflects a deliberate material logic: dense, tactile and precise. Tavolo is neither a piece of mass production nor a conventional studio edition — it occupies a position between functional furniture and sculptural object.
The table was nominated for the German Design Award 2018, a recognition of both its design quality and the rigour of its production.
Mats Theselius (born 1956, Stockholm) studied interior architecture at Konstfack and has spent four decades working at the intersection of design and art. His limited-edition works are held in the permanent collections of Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, the Danish Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen and the National Museum in Oslo.
Tavolo is produced by Move Möbler AB, Malmö, Sweden.
