Indian Drink's Table with Pietra Dura Top

Four silver tortoises wait on the lower shelf. Nobody at this table is in a hurry.

This drink's table with pietra dura top comes from Rajasthan, India, and is contemporary. It is teak wood, silver and marble. Inlaid stonework of this kind reached great heights under the Mughals, in India, and remains a celebrated Rajasthani craft. Embossed silver sheathes the whole frame, with scrolling vines along the apron and leaf garlands running down curved legs. The shelf below holds four small tortoises at its corners. The top is near black, with a faint inlaid center. It measures 40.5 inches long, 28.25 deep and 37.75 high.

A second round seems likely. The tortoises will still be there.