Decoration / Matang & Natasha Sumant, Thali, A marble low table

Matang & Natasha Sumant

Thali

An ovale marble low table, the top made of Makrana white marble, the recessed center receiving cups made of Makrana white marble, Jaisalmer yellow stone, Udaipur pink marble, Jaipur green marble, Makrana pink marble, Kishangarh grey marble.

On a square base made of indigo-dyed ash wood. 

This table is inspired by a thali which is a set of plates used in the Indian subcontinent and in South-East Asia. The cups are carved out of stones from different cities in Rajasthan. 

This table represents the soil of India, each shade of stone bringing to mind an Indian ingredient.

Contemporary production.

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm (6.29 in.)

Width: 78 cm (30.70 in.)

Depth: 57 cm (22.44 in.)

Price on request.

Matang

Matang is an architectural and furniture practice between Paris and Mumbai, created by Lucien Dumas.

A practice exploring the relation between the different stones from Rajasthan with European wood.

A relation between Indian temple sculptors, working with the same stones for decades, with a french contemporary carpentry.

A process built around the natural materials from a territory, their expressions, the way they are meeting and the hands shaping them.

As an interface, these sensitive objects express a skill, a culture, a relation to stone, wood, earth. By embodying the essence of a territory, these projects reveal the relation made by men and their environment.