Round Ceramic Coffee Table with Herbier tiles on Metal Frame by Roger Capron

Round coffee table with the famous Roger Capron Herbier tiles, designed from 1968 to 1982.

The handcrafted Herbier tiles were a subset of the Garrigue tiles produced by a technique in which real leaves were pressed into the clay and, during firing, disintegrated, leaving a finely detailed imprint. The leaves come from "La Garrigue", a variety of vegetation indigenous to southeastern France only, where Roger Capron lived and worked for 60 years.
These Garrigue and herbier tiles inspired a large series of side to dining tables, including wall covering. Many kitchen in the French Riviera have their walls covered with Garrigue tiles.

Herbier refers to the smaller leaves and are either outlined by an earthtone enamel (as they are on this table)or sometimes entirely covered by the earthtone enamel. Garrigue refers to larger leaves and are rarely outlined and never covered with solid enamel all over.

This table is mounted in a black painted metal frame and 4 thin square metal legs, which indicates a late 60's production.

This table is in overall excellent condition