Telephone table, “Cortez” Line, by Daciano da Costa for Metarlúrgica da Longra

This telephone / fax table was designed by Daciano da Costa for Metalúrgica da Longra in 1971. Line Cortez is a "system of metal office furniture.
The collaboration between Daciano da Costa and Metalúrgica da Longra, which began with this project, would last for almost thirty years.
The relative complexity of construction was subordinated to a precise formal intention: to create discontinuous, visually permeable objects that created an effect of absence of mass, freeing the workspaces of their presence.
Units Produced until 1983: 60 400 desks, 17 000 meeting tables, 18 300 cabinets, 93 000 chairs" - in Daciano da Costa's Website. This piece is in original and good vintage condition, with some marks, due to it's age and use.