The Museum of Stone-Cutting and Jewelry Art houses a rectangular tabletop. Its dimensions are 53 by 35 centimeters. It was made of Fominsky marble — a yellow-gray stone that was mined in the vicinity of the city of Dvurechensk in the Urals. The pattern on its surface resembled both the tree growth rings and a landscape: in its colored layers and veins, one could recognize rivers and lakes, rocky shores, mountains and a cloudy sky.

Marble at that time was necessary for large architectural details that decorated buildings of the new Russian capital — Saint Petersburg. The masters of the Gornoshchitsky Marble Factory, a branch of the Yekaterinburg Lapidary Factory, specialized in working with this stone. They made floorboards, window sills, wall coverings, tabletops of various shapes: round, square, hexagonal and octagonal ones.

Boards for tables from the Urals were usually sent to St. Petersburg separately, without legs. The legs and the frame were made in the capital: it was believed that local masters’ works were more elegant and harmonious. Most often craftsmen made them of wood or metal and decorated with them carved or forged patterns. Ready-made tables were bought for imperial palaces and mansions of aristocrats.