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Where is black marble found?
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Black marble is found in various locations. Some of the most well-known quarries are in Agadir-Biougra and Erfoud, Morocco; Markina, Spain; Laurens, France; Zaghouan, Tunisia; La Spezia, Italy; and Balochistan, Pakistan. Shop a variety of black marble furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.
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Pair of Reclaimed Ashford Black Marble Obelisks
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of reclaimed Ashford black marble obelisks salvaged from an ex UK private collection.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Obelisks
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian Ashford Black Marble Pietra Dura Twin Inkwell Stand, c. 1865
Located in Nottingham, GB
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Ashford Black Marble is technically a very fine-grained dark limestone rather than a true geological marble.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
Antique Pietra Dura Marble Ashford Desk Obelisk Thermometer Buxton Derbyshire
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large antique black marble & specimen stone desk obelisk & thermometer, Ashford Derbyshire, circa 1860.
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Obelisks
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble
Antique Ashford Black and Pietra Dura Marble Obelisk Thermometer
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Ashford black marble obelisk from a UK private collection.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Obelisks
Materials
Marble
A fine Derbyshire black marble end support specimen table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine Derbyshire black marble end support specimen table, the rectangular top with a chequerboard pietra dura panel of giallo antico, portoro, brocatelle d’Espagne, bluejohn, malach...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Side Tables
Materials
Marble
19th Century pair of large black marble obelisks with pietra dura mosaic inlay
Located in London, GB
An impressive pair of large Ashford black marble "pietra dura" obelisks from the early C19th when there was great interest in the Grand Tour' decorative art style and keen tourists o...
Category
Antique 1830s English Neoclassical Natural Specimens
Materials
Marble
