The seat of the Montagus, Dukes of Manchester, since it was purchased by Sir Henry Montagu circa 1620, Kimbolton Castle was rebuilt for Charles, 1st Duke of Manchester, by Sir John Vamburgh (d. 1726). A celebrated Italophile, the 1st Duke was twice appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the Venetian Republic and this resulted in the acquisition of the distinguished group of Italian furniture dispersed in the Kimbolton Castle sale of July 1949. Although not listed in this Knight, Frank & Rutley sale catalogue, these table tops may well have been supplied to the 4th Duke of Manchester, who had engaged Robert Adam as his architect from the mid-1760s.
A closely related late 18th century specimen marble top in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, is illustrated in A. M. Giusti, Pietre Dure, London, 1992, fig. 17