Brescia Marble Table
Artist/Maker: Unspecified[1]
Created: Unknown
Origin/Purchase: Paris
Materials: marble, brass, and cherry
Dimensions: 71.3 x 65.1 (28 1/16 x 25 5/8 in.)
Location: Tea Room
Provenance: Thomas Jefferson; by descent to Robert Mann Randolph; by purchase to Jefferson Randolph Anderson; by descent to a private collection
Historical Notes: This marble top was one of four that returned to America with Jefferson's household furnishings in 1790.[2] It is the only one made of Brescia marble and also the sole top to survive with its perforated gallery intact. The skirt, a simple drum, is supported by square, slightly tapering legs terminating in wooden rollers affixed to the legs with metal collars. The table has no carved ornamentation of any kind.
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