This antique, round marble pietra dura/dure top is inlaid with a floral wreath on a black ground with a serpentine gilt apron. It is raised on a gilded and ebonized triform platform base carved with mythical, winged hippocamps (sea horses) and ram's heads.
PROVENANCE
Belcaro Mansion (Denver, CO, built 1931).
DATE
19th century
DIMENSIONS
Width 36 Depth 36 Height 31 in.
CONDITION
Note: some losses to marble inlay.