Europa Ottoman, Small

A compact yet commanding presence, the Europa Ottoman from John Richard rests on a metal and aluminum base finished in a deep, burnished nickel that reads as quietly architectural against any ground plane. At seventeen and a half inches in height with a twenty-two-and-a-half-inch square footprint, its proportions are considered — scaled to anchor a seating arrangement without competing with it. The wood elements lend an organic counterpoint to the cool metallic frame, a tension that speaks to the piece's studied duality of warmth and rigor.