Marble-topped tables were always status symbols in upper class colonial homes. This was because the tops were imported, usually from China. The diameter of the top and the complexity of the carving on the base added to the status of the owner. The bigger the marble top and the more elaborate the carving on the base, the higher was the status awarded to its owner. Looked upon with awe and envy were large marble tables. The marble top has a narra baluster leg ending in three scrolled legs with paw feet. Its shaft, carved with an unopened bunch of acanthus leaves tied at the neck with a pair of slim moldings, has a ring below it carved to resemble a bracelet with a series of oval beads nestled on concave ovals that are joined together by a wide, half-round molding. The three legs of the table are in the form of S-shaped foliate scrolls attached to the cylindrical base of the pedestal. From the bottom of each scroll emerges a lion’s paw that ends in paw feet grasping a flattened ball. (From the Archives of Martin I. Tinio, Jr.)
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