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Title: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 02, 2015, 07:50:59 PM
I don't know much about this piece other than the marble top can be removed. It sits in an 1850s home filled with other Victorian like furniture.
I have attached 3 pictures.
Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: KC on January 02, 2015, 08:09:08 PM
Can you please take a picture of the underside of the table AND if the marble lifts off...a picture of the table without the marble? Also look to see any markings on the underside of the marble.  
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 02, 2015, 08:14:27 PM
I am unable to take pictures at this time, but I will post soon. Thank you
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: mart on January 02, 2015, 08:52:07 PM
Pretty sure the marble is not original to the table !! Like KC said,,need to see with the marble removed and underside !!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 02, 2015, 09:33:42 PM
I thought, as well, that the marble was not original to the table. Makes you wonder what was there... Hmmm, can't wait to get additional pictures to find out. Thanks all!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: cogar on January 03, 2015, 03:23:41 AM
That is an interesting looking rug. ??? ???
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 03, 2015, 08:11:12 AM
The rug is interesting too. LOL. Its been there for YEARS. I have no idea what it is either. Like I said in another post, this man has a ton of old stuff. The house belonged to his mother who passed away in 2002 at a 100 years old! Thanks again for the input! Very helpful
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: mart on January 03, 2015, 09:11:26 AM
That is an interesting looking rug. ??? ???

Persian,,possibly ???
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 03, 2015, 10:36:12 AM
Quite a few rugs are lying around that house. I promise to take better pics this time around. Thanks for all the suggestions.  ;)
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 09, 2015, 10:31:28 AM
I will have pictures of the marble table tomorrow. I will also take some pictures of the rug as well. Maybe I could run the vacuum over it first??? LOL
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: mart on January 09, 2015, 11:15:24 AM
A vacuum over it would help to see true colors !!  Just tell him you need to fluff it up a bit !!  ;)
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 09, 2015, 11:30:07 AM
LOL. Thanks! Should I look underneath to see if there is a tag of some sort? I'm not sure if rugs of this era even had tags or markings! I know it sits on some sort of rug pad and hasn't been moved in YEARS!!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 14, 2015, 01:27:27 PM
Sorry it took me a few days to post this. I added pictures. The marble is not original to the table!
Thanks for all your help!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 14, 2015, 01:40:21 PM
I tried to take some better pictures of the rug but this is the only one that really came out well. I could see no markings or indications of who made this or where it came from. Any help is appreciated!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: wilhenri on January 14, 2015, 02:16:03 PM
Nice piece of marble take care easily broken. May have been off a wash stand as for the table could have had some sort of wicker top like a Lloyd Loom piece with glass on top they tend to fall apart hence the marble as a replacement  just a thought those metal bits possibly for castors definitly not right but I reckon you know that
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 15, 2015, 12:59:03 PM
So you think the table had a wicker top? Wish I could figure out exactly what kind of table this is.
Thanks for your input. I appreciate it
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: mart on January 15, 2015, 04:13:46 PM
What do you mean" what kind of table it is" ??
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 15, 2015, 04:45:24 PM
I worded that incorrectly....what I wanted to say was... I wish I knew what was originally on the top of the table so I could find one similar to this one.
Sorry
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: mart on January 15, 2015, 05:03:18 PM
Oh !! The owner didn`t know ?? I know you said it was his mothers !!
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: RHR on January 15, 2015, 06:12:47 PM
Unfortunately, no, he doesn't know. His father passed away and his mother remarried in the 60's and his step-father brought the table, couch, chair and settee, along with other items, from his home. His step-father's items could have belonged to HIS mother, I don't know and I don't think he knows either. It's a mystery. LOL
Title: Re: Marble top coffee table
Post by: KC on January 15, 2015, 10:33:25 PM
I believe the table originally had another top on it that got ruined somehow.  It was removed.  The base of the piece was salvaged and a marble top was added.  Note all the screws/nails in the corner.  Don't believe this was ever showing (would hope not) and don't see areas for glass insets or wicker/caning.