Object Description
A reclaimed mosaic coffee or garden table by Vestey Entwistle after a Roman mosaic floor seen in the ancient Rome temple Maison Carrée, Nîmes.
This table is nicely weathered and decorated with a neoclassical style pattern, suitable for interior or exterior use. Intricately made, this mosaic table is a stylish addition to modern and period settings like. Sitting within a steel frame, it showcases four stylised dolphins and scrolling waves surrounding a diamond shape design, all made from carefully placed tiles.
Usable indoors or out, this reclaimed mosaic table could be used as a coffee table in a reception room or in a garden as a patio table. Alternatively if the legs were removed, it could also be repurposed as wall art or mounted into the floor.
Maison Carrée
Maison Carrée, in Nîmes, southern France, is one of the best preserved ancient Roman temples in the territory of the former Roman Empire. Its name translates to square house and represents a nearly textbook example of a Roman temple as described by the architectural writer Vitruvius.