Philip & Kelvin Laverne Acid Etched Bronze "Zodiac" Coffee Table

Details: A highly collectible acid etched bronze coffee table by Philip and Kelvin Laverne. The rectangular shaped table features their "Zodiac" pattern on the tabletop with four cylindrical patinated bronze legs. Using an involved process perfected through painstaking library research over a six-year span, the Laverne's, a father and son duo, began producing the decorative bronze furniture for which they would become known around the mid-1950s. Though their historical style and somewhat mythologized technique (a special soil from Asia was imported in which pieces were buried to patinate) were at odds with the modernist dogma of the day, the Laverne's’ business exploded in popularity; their waiting list often ran years deep.