About the Agate

Blue agate carries its color in bands, laid down one at a time inside a cavity in rock until the hollow filled. The blues run from deep slate at the outside to a soft gray blue further in, paling toward white where the last silica settled.

The bands follow the cavity wall, so they curve rather than run straight, and the line between two of them is sharp. Held against light the thin stone turns luminous.

How It’s Made

The top is one piece of blue agate with the edge left as the stone broke, so the outline is irregular the whole way around. Metal is electroformed onto that edge, grown in a bath until it is metal of real thickness bonded to the stone rather than a coating laid on the surface. The legs are electroformed to match. Silver keeps the blue cold and graphic, gold pushes it warmer, rose gold softens the contrast.

Details

Material: blue agate, cut in a single piece
Table top: 11" x 7"
Overall height: 18"
Under clearance: 17"
Finish: silver, rose gold or gold electroformed edge and legs
Legs: removable
Use: indoor
Other sizes and shapes can be made to order on request

Slight variation in natural stone will occur, and the depth of blue and the count of bands differ from one top to the next.

Assembly

The legs are removable and the table is easily assembled on delivery. The top ships flat with the legs separate; they fix to its underside and come off again to move or store the table.

A Gift For

A blue agate side table works as a housewarming or new-home gift, and as a wedding present for a couple furnishing a first place together. It also serves as a client gift.

Care

Dust with a soft, dry, lint-free cloth. Soak up liquid straight away with a paper towel and wipe the surface dry to avoid staining; keep chemical cleaners off the stone.