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Ethan Allen X-Table

By KRISTINA ZIMBALIST Friday, Apr. 24, 2009

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Despite its Zen-like aesthetic, the X-Table from Ethan Allen — made of Appalachian hardwood and topped with a water-based finish — gets its central graphic not from the Asian symbol for life energy, chi, but from the everyday simplicity of a sawhorse.
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