Fossil wood is a material of ancient origins, miraculously preserved to the present day. The main deposits are found in the Sava River, in the northeast of the Balkan Peninsula. Hundreds of years ago, a flood knocked down the trees of the surrounding forests, burying them under a layer of sand and gravel. The wood underwent the beginning of a fossilization process that preserved its veins and aesthetic characteristics intact. That’s why each of these pieces, retrieved from the riverbed with respect for the environment, holds extraordinary value: that of History.
From a trunk of Elm about 60-70 years old, protected by river silt for another 600 years, transformed by a very slow process of fossilization, seven planks were obtained, two of which are joined to form a table of the Plurima type. When the original tree was growing in the open air, on the banks of the Sava River, almost all of Europe was covered by forests. Leonardo Da Vinci, Lorenzo De Medici, Christopher Columbus probably had not yet been born, and Gutenberg had not yet invented the printing press.
The transformation of the wood has increased its hardness and given it a gray-green hue, with pearly nuances that blend with the original veins, creating a unique emotion. The signs of time on the surface have been filled with matte transparent resin inserts, which keep them visible, indeed highlight the uniqueness of the fossil wood: from the depths of the past, a work of art created by Nature.
Fossil Elm wood top with matte transparent resin treatments.
Base in transparently painted iron.