A LuxeHome participant at IDS, Roseland Art & Decoration is showing the Macao Table PM, which should fulfill their goal of bringing you furniture, lighting, and objets d’arts that “nourish the soul of the home.” The Toronto gallery is wisely featuring the new table by Francois Champsaur, who studied at both the Beaux Art of Marseilles and the Arts Decoratifs of Paris and since 1999 has been concentrating on “an important collection of seats and furniture.” His lacquered metal Macao Table PM measures 48 ½” wide x 17″ high x 26″ deep, making it the perfect size to grace your living room, a centerpiece in black, white, red, or a limited edition polished stainless steel. Part Calder, part Miro, part kidney bean-I say this with much admiration, especially since the shape has acquired newfound drama in Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” incarnation at Chicago’s Millenium Park-the Macao Table PM uses organic shapes as its surface and its structural supports. The bean-shaped surface is carried by three “feet,” each of which is part of another amoeba-like form, reminding me that indeed “Three is the Magic Number” (an anthem to engineering and everything tripodal from School House Rock).

Macao Table PM in Red. Designed by Francois Champsaur at Roseland Gallery.

Macao Table PM in Black. Designed by Francois Champsaur at Roseland Gallery.

The great thing about covering the IDS show for 3rings is that it gives us the opportunity to introduce some furniture we might otherwise overlook, such as the Macao Table PM. Many of these pieces, which are meant for residential design, also work well for commercial projects. Imagine the Macao Table PM in black at Madrid’s AC Palacio del Retiro, where it might seem to have jumped straight out of a giant Lichtenstein print of “Drowning Girl”; or in white at South Beach’s Gansevoort Hotel, where it could complement the intense pops of magenta. The offerings of Roseland Art & Decoration can nourish the soul of the hotel as well.