The Rene Nightstand

The Rene Nightstand from Theodore Alexander's Tavel collection is an exercise in traditional proportion rendered in beech wood and okoumé veneer, its surfaces resolved in the quietly sophisticated Elsa finish that lends each piece an almost atmospheric depth. Aluminium detailing punctuates the form with a restrained precision, the kind of considered contrast that separates furniture of genuine intention from the merely decorative. At twenty-six inches wide and nearly thirty inches in height, it commands a bedside with the quiet authority of something designed to be lived with rather than simply looked at.