But shorn of the raised edge, it makes an ideal surface for plates, glasses, work documents and much more. All models comprise three parts: like classic columns they consist of a base, shaft and capital. In each case the base is a solid pedestal hewn from the highest-quality marble, from which slender powder-coated aluminum supports issue. On the tables, these rods – or batons to adopt the French nomenclature – are wrapped in leather throughout with the highest degree of precision.