# Tabletop

- By: Dirk van Rijswijck (Cleves, 1596–na 1)
- Date: c. 1650 - c. 1660
- Medium: touchstone, ebony (wood), marble (rock), wood (plant material), mother of pearl
- Classification: furniture
- Dimensions: diameter 138.5 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-1916--c5ffad4fa1f1ced9b2d4aff27a330978)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/JmHFE/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This tabletop is the masterpiece of the renowned Dirck van Rijswijck, who kept it in his workshop to show visitors. It was particularly admired for the extraordinary naturalism of the mother-of-pearl inlay, which combined shells of various colours to create refined depictions of flowers and insects.