BH | Studio Wymondham 28-Inch Round Pedestal Dining Table

Setting a dining table on one central column instead of four corner legs became a defining idea of mid-century design in the 1950s, freeing the space beneath so that chairs and knees could go anywhere around the edge. Its roots run back to the cast-iron pedestal tables of nineteenth-century Parisian cafés and English pubs, which packed small tops close together on a single stem.

This small round table has a white top of engineered wood finished in a smooth coating that wipes clean, raised on a slender black column that tapers to a polished brass-tone collar and a wide round foot, with a protective ring underneath. The single support leaves the edge clear, so two chairs tuck in close and the table fits a corner where four legs would crowd. Assembly is required.

It is a bistro table for two: coffee and croissants in a kitchen corner, a game of cards on a sunporch or a quiet supper in a studio apartment. It also works as a lamp table in a living room or a small desk in a bedroom. Style it café-style with a pair of bentwood chairs, a striped linen napkin, a small brass lamp and a jam jar of sweet peas.