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January 14 2010, 3:45pm

A mosaic tabletop, probably Roman circa 1680, designed to represent the look of an ancient marble, such as Egyptian alabaster or giallo antico. On an ebonized base made in the 19th century.

As seen in the Carlton Hobbs Weblog article: Stone Imitating Stone. http://www.carltonhobbs.net/furniture/tabletops/stone-imitating-...