BH | Studio Deià Cane-Top Coffee Table

Woven work has a long life on Mallorca, where island craftsmen have plaited the leaves of the native dwarf palm into baskets, hats and mats for generations. Cane, the split outer skin of the rattan palm, belongs to the same family of light, cool weaves and has finished good furniture across Europe since the seventeenth century. In an artists' village like Deià, set among olive terraces above the sea, natural texture and warm wood feel entirely at home.

This coffee table is a low, square block of solid wood faced in a richly figured hardwood veneer, the grain running in broad warm stripes down each side. The top is a panel of woven cane laid under a sheet of tempered glass, so you see the texture but can set cups, glasses and plates straight down and wipe away spills in a moment. Non-marking pads underneath protect the floor, it is rated to hold 50 lbs, and it arrives fully assembled, ready to use the day it comes.

Use it in a relaxed living room for serving drinks, setting out a board of cheese, or keeping the remotes, coasters and a candle in one tidy place, and it makes a low table on a sunporch too. On a sisal rug between two sofas in a summer house, with a dish of clementines and a pile of paperbacks, it is right at home. The warm wood and cane suit white linen slipcovers, terracotta pots and a big fern.