What we have here is an object of unquestionable value from both an artistic and historical point of view. This is an exceptional table, executed using a decorative technique known as “enconchado”, which would have adorned the “sala de estrado” (room with a raised platform on which furniture was arranged in an oriental style) of some major Viceregal or Spanish palace.

If we pay attention to the work’s construction from a compositional perspective, we see a wooden structure divided from top to bottom into four different parts. Firstly, we have the tabletop itself, which is round with a 71-centimeter diameter. Next we come to the stem, made up of an octagonal crosssection, which widens at the bottom forming a semi-curved eight-sided foot. Finally, and serving as the base, there is an ensemble of eight lion’s claw feet with balls located on the apex of each of the eight sides of the bottom of the table.

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