Helen Round Bistro Table

Simple, sophisticated, and mostly stone. A 42-inch disc of polished white marble sits on a slim tripod pedestal in raw brass, and because the base takes up so little floor, the top appears to float above it. Natural grey veining runs through every slab differently, so no two Helen tables are quite the same piece — a rare thing in a round dining table at this scale.

Round is the right shape for a tight room: there are no corners to walk into, everyone can see everyone, and a pedestal base means chairs slide in anywhere instead of fighting four legs. At 42 inches across it seats four comfortably and stretches to a squeezed five when someone stays for dinner.

Features & Construction

• Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H; 42" round top, 0.5" thick, 3.75" overhang
• Materials: solid marble top in a polished white finish; cast aluminum base in a raw brass finish
• Slim three-arm tripod pedestal; 34.5" base spread, 3.25" floor clearance
• 29" seating opening — clears standard 18–20" dining chair seat heights
• Seats 4; 100 lb top-load capacity
• Natural veining means no two marble tops are identical
• Roughly 136.7 lb; ships in two cartons (top and base), assembly required
• Indoor use; the stone is porous and sealed
• By Four Hands

Styling Tips

Marble this bright wants a little weight around it. Dark-framed chairs — the carbon oak Glenmore, a blackened metal cafe chair, a caned bentwood — give the top an outline and keep the room from going washed-out. Warm woods and rush seats push the same table somewhere softer if that is the room you want.

Keep the surface nearly bare: one low bowl or a short stack of books is enough, because the veining is the pattern in the room. Repeat the raw brass in a pendant or a pair of candlesticks and it reads intentional rather than incidental. In a small dining nook, float it off a banquette and skip the rug — the open tripod base is worth seeing. Round out the space from our dining room furniture collection.