Carl Friedrich Heinrich Plambeck; Prunkisch; mother-of-pearl; ebony; rosewood; maple; pewter; brass; ivory; rosewood; walnut; inlaid; dyed; engraved; rosewood with inlays of walnut; maple; rosewood and ebony; engraved brass; pewter; ivory; mother-of-pearl and dyed pastes; total: Height: 72 cm; Diameter: 134 cm; Tables; furniture; family of a ruler; the court; Historicism; Neo-Renaissance; The magnificent table with elaborate marquetry in the style of the Italian Renaissance is a work of the Hamburg cabinetmaker Carl Friedrich Plambeck (1814-1879). Such splendorous tables were not so much furniture for practical use; but served the rising upper middle classes as representative foam furniture. Plambeck was awarded a medal for his work at the first world exhibition in London in 1851. The following world exhibitions greatly promoted the development of handicrafts. Pieces like the Plambeck table were often purchased directly by arts and crafts museums as style models for collections.