Monarch Crafts

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Item Code: MCTT-2010R

The inlaid table top with traditional black marble background embellished with an outer edge of Lapis Lazuli. The naturalistic motifs use large amounts of Onyx, White Jasper, Calcedny, White Marble, Malachite etc. 

Some of the flowers are in Lapis Lazuli. Two roses are made of shell, a material frequently used of flower petals. History: This tabletop reinterprets in the nineteenth century manner the naturalistic designs that evolved in the Grand Ducal Workshop in the seventeenth century. There are two tabletops of this type in the Ugoline collection in Florance, one circular and one rectangular. 19th century photographs of the products of that workshop include many examples similar to the Gilbert Collection piece. Another florentine workshop specializing in this type of table belonged to Piero Bazzanti, at Lungarno Corsini.