Elegant and timeless, our favourite new furniture pieces this week hail from Portugal’s Malabar Design.

The Fé stool and dining table take inspiration from architecture, specifically, Oscar Niemeyer’s Metropolitan Cathedral of “Nossa Senhora Aparecida” in Brasilia.

The cathedral’s 16 columns, which emerge like the roots of a tree, are echoed in these two pieces. Black lacquered iron and solid walnut lend them both style and gravitas, with the deeply patterned wood set off by the spindly metallic legs.