BH | Studio Zierikzee Adjustable Side Table

Bent steel tube was the new material of the late 1920s, and among the best things made with it were small occasional tables that could be raised or lowered and slid close to a chair or over the edge of a bed. The idea of a table that comes to you, rather than the other way round, has lasted.

This table is a circle of tempered glass held in a ring of steel tube finished in Chrome or Jet, supported on one side by a telescoping upright that sets the top at any of five heights. Below, an open C-shaped base slides under a sofa, chair or bed, so the glass can sit right over your lap like a tray. Non-marking foot caps protect the floor, and it arrives fully assembled. It is a light table, rated to hold 17 lbs: right for a laptop, a plate or a plant.

Raise it over the bed for breakfast on a Sunday, lower it beside an armchair as a drinks table, or use it in a home office as a side stand for a laptop. Slide it over a sofa arm for a snack while you watch a film, or let it hold a plant in an entryway. Slim metal and clear glass almost vanish in a small bedroom, and look sharp beside white bedlinen and a chrome lamp.