Tabletop
by RIJSWIJCK, Dirck van, Thouchstone, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, in an ebony border, diameter 138,5 cm
Amsterdam imported great quantities of mother-of-pearl shells, and incorporating them into utensils or objects of art had become one of the specialities of the city. Dirck van Rijswijck was famous for his mother-of-pearl inlay work, this tabletop with flowers and insects is his masterpiece. The base of the table has not survived.