BH | Studio Dieppe Pedestal Side Table

The small round table on a single column is the table of the French café. By the late nineteenth century, Parisian cafés and bistros had filled their sidewalks with them, because one central support leaves room for knees and chairs, and a heavy round foot keeps the whole thing planted.

This one has a round wooden top in a warm mid-brown, its grain running in long planks, set on a slim column and a broad, flat disc foot, both iron in a Brass or Jet finish. The single stem keeps the floor around it clear, so it slides in close to a chair or the side of a bed with no legs to trip over, and the weighted foot gives it a steady stance. It is rated to hold 100 lbs, and a non-marking pad beneath the disc protects the floor. In Brass the base catches lamplight; in Jet it sets off the deeper tone of the wood.

Beside a reading chair it holds a coffee, a paperback and a little lamp, and at the bedside it makes a polished nightstand. Tuck it into a hallway or entry corner as a perch for keys and a trailing pothos. Warm wood over Brass or Jet belongs in a room of cognac leather, oxblood and forest green, with a kilim underfoot and a stack of art books on the lower shelf of a nearby bookcase.