Doomwolf Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Hi all. Last month I took a weekend trip to Toronto to do some museum-ing. While I was at the ROM, I saw a small round table in a display of 18th century furniture. I had to make do with a quick sketch, as it was too dark to photograph. A couple of weeks latter I got a book on antique furniture at an estate sale, and there is a picture of the same type of table. Does anyone have an idea of what it is properly called, and has anyone seen/have a set of plans on how to make a modern version? It looks the perfect size to accommodate a round tea tray. Sorry about the photo quality, my little point-and-shoot does not excel at photo reproduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Round curio table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdie Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 In the text above the picture "vernis" translates to varnish and "gueridons" to pedestal (thank you Google translator). The rest of the italicized type doesn't specifically translate and I would suppose alludes to some specific technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 Wikipedia had it: "Pietra dura ... is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly-polished colored stones to create images." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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