An Italian mosaic and marble inlaid porphyry veneered neo-classical top after the Antique

of rectangular form inlaid with seventy-seven intersecting circles inlaid with various marbles, within a double dentil border; restorations

Colours less bright than in the catalogue illustration and more natural. Old minor restorations generally especially to the porphyry border as visible from the catalogue photograph. In overall good restored condition. Decorative.
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