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Slab tables

Scope note

Period term for 18th-century tables with marble tops. Use "mixing tables" for marble-topped tables with a superstructure containing drawers for decanters and a tambour roll top which descends to cover the marble slab when the table is not in use.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000134053

Broader Terms used

<tables by form>

Equivalent Terms used

slab table

Created

13yrs ago

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