Pietra Dura Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones, Late 20th Century

Marble board and hard stones in console format. Empire style. The shape of the board makes it more suitable for use on a console, while the simple decoration based on geometric shape...

Inspired by Italian models from the 16th and 17th centuries. The technique, similar to the inlay in wood, uses colored marbles and hard stones on a background. All of these material...

Rectangular tabletop with marbles and hard stones. Inspired by Italian models of the XVI-XVII centuries. The vein of a particular stone has been highlighted by placing it in the cent...

Circular marble board and hard stones. "Flower". Inspired by Italian models of the XVI-XVII centuries. A flower surrounded by vegetal scrolls is presented as the main motif in the ce...

Board decorated with a central motif of bird perched and butterfly surrounded by a shield with volutes and branches, highlighted with a frame with scrolls, aveneradas forms in the co...

Circular tabletop in marbles and hard stones. Inspired by Italian models of the XVI-XVII centuries. In the centre of the board, surrounded by a garland of flowers, has been placed a ...

Important Palatial & Rare 19th Century Pietra Dura Giltwood Centre Table. This magnificent rectangular table incorporates an exquisitely inlaid Florentine Pietra Dura work of art. The truly incredibly and colourful hardstone specimens have been meticulously chosen & inlaid to form the most gorgeous floral display. It is amongst the finest of its type. This masterpiece is displayed on its original carved work of sculptural art, a baluster stem with acanthus leaves and raised on four acanthus leaf scrolled feet, the gilding, burnished in parts to perfection and highlighting a palatial majesty. The art of creating images by cutting hardstones and fitting them into a jigsaw of shapes, flowered under the Florentine Medici and is known as Pietra Dura. The technique of Pietra Dura is highly prized and widely used and can be found in settings ranging from antique jewellery boxes to the walls of the Taj Mahal. The development of the technique, often called ‘painting in stone’ was one of the many achievements of the Florentine Renaissance. Like many other forms of antique decorative art...

This marble tabletop features a centrally placed pictorial panel executed in Pietra Dura. The panel is surrounded by a frame composed of inlaid purple veined marble that is encompass...

The circular top decorated with various specimen marbles including Rosso antico, serpentino, Giallo antico, Palombino, Malachite , Granito, Carrara .. ecc. Masterpiece of Italian c...

The circular top decorated with various specimen marbles including Rosso antico, serpentino, Giallo antico, Palombino, Malachite , Granito, Carrara .. ecc. Masterpiece of Italian cr...

Exceptional vintage Italian Pietra Dura Sienna marble table supported by a squared base. The inlaid geometric patterned top is decorated with vario...

Italian pietra dura table 19th century rectangular shape, with wooden caved based, four fluted and turned legs, classical frieze and stepped borde...