Grand Palais coffee table, 92 cm, teak stained ash

Asplund’s Grand Palais coffee table stands out with all its majestic grandeur. The top of the round table does not come over the stand, allowing the wooden panelling to attract all the attention.

Made of stained ash and ash veneer, the Grand Palais coffee table is part of the Palais collection designed by Anya Sebton & Eva Lilja Löwenhielm for Asplund. Although the collection is a prime example of modern Scandinavian simplicity, it also has an air of luxury and elegance of ancient palaces, as the collection was inspired by the splendour of castles and palaces of bygone days with their columns, pedestals and wooden panelings. The forms and names of the furniture have also been inspired by Daniel Buren’s art installation called Les Deux Plateaus located in the inner courtyard of the Palais Royal in Paris.

Anya Sebton

Eva Lilja Löwenhielm

Asplund is a Swedish design company who sees furniture as objects of art. Asplund was founded in 1990 by Michael Asplund, originally an art dealer, and his brother Thomas Asplund, a former banker. Their contrasting backgrounds brought fresh attitude and ideas to the Swedish design scene. Besides design and production, the brothers run the Stockholm-based Asplund Gallery, which has become a lively arena for contemporary Swedish design. Besides Swedish designers, Asplund has collaborated with various international designers including Tom Dixon, Jasper Morrison and Marc Newsom. Despite its innovative and international approach, Asplund also believes in traditions and the quality of local production; the majority of its collections are still manufactured in Sweden.