Antique Marbles

The top displays a spectacular array of inlaid specimen marbles with a central diamond and star reserve with unique triangular and circular designs and a striking array of marbles su...

Ware also writes of his preference for the marble utilised in the present example ‘There are some of the old marbles much more fit for the purpose; the true verde antique, will be a ...

Antique deco mantel fireplace in white Carrara marble and Busca onyx, fascinating and with a sinuous shape typical of the early 1900s, handmade in beautiful marbles, with arched mout...

The technique requires that fine marbles and stones be inlaid into a stone base. By using materials of varying colors, artisans were able to create patterns and pictures in much the ...

Extremely curved and decorated with fleshy sculptures, this fireplace is made in one of the finest French marbles, Red Griotte whose career is in the Pyrenees.

The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San L...

This pair of elegant temple porticos would forever serve as reminders of Greece or Rome. Crafted from marbles of various colorts, the Corinthian style capitals are particularly well ...

Connemara is the finest Irish marble, and one of few marbles that are truly native to the UK and Ireland.

His role then was to pass on the accounts, pay for the marbles and supervise the work. It is in this same workshop that he met Ernest Nivet and Camille Claudel.

Marnyhac et Cie was used as the commercial name for the Société des Marbres et Bronzes Artistiques de Paris (the Paris Marbles and Artistic Bronzes Society) which was established sin...

With specimen including porphry, lapis, malachite, and marbles that we think are verde alpi green marble, lace agate, multicolor onyx, marble rosso levanto, jasper, breccia medicea m...

An important Carrara white marble chimneypiece surmounted by a white and green marbles overmantel with an oval mirror at the centre.

A mid-Victorian walnut and Pietra Dura table, the oval top inlaid in specimen marbles with a roundel of radiating panels centred on a white daisy in on a black ground, all raised on ...

The natural veining of the variously coloured marbles accents the form of the figures and their dress.

At the center is one door which opens to reveal all original hardware and nine drawers each decorated with stunning fruit and flowers in an array of marbles and stones framed within ...

A 19th century Italianate style fireplace carved from Istrian stone with semi-precious inlaid marbles. The frieze panel inlaid with Egyptian Imperial red Porphyry, Ancient Green Pelo...

Very Fine Austrian Neoclassical gueridon table with gilt brass pierced gallery, the specimen marble top with Roman micro-mosaic center depicting ruins, having porphyry and malachite ...

He also spent much time making drawings of the exhibits in the British Museum, being particularly impressed by the Elgin Marbles, and found inspiration in the local art galleries.

Pogliani (1832-1899) one of the great masters of Italian cabinetmaking of the second half of the 19th century specialized in monumental Renaissance-style furniture enhanced with mar...

To play, place all 32 marbles with one hole left unoccupied in the middle of the board.

Above each leg are impressive richly chased eagle heads with finely detailed plumage holding rings in their beaks with the tops also retaining their original marbles framed within an...

A Remarkable Pair of Ormolu-Mounted Marble Candelabra by Sormani of Paris After the originals by Jean-François Lorta (1752-1837) Residing at the Louvre Constructed from the unusual...

The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San L...

Additional butterflies and blooming flowers are inlaid throughout in a remarkable array of marbles and semi precious stones including white Carrara, Malachite, Lapis Lazuli, onyx, an...

In 1839 Barbedienne collaborated with the inventor Achille Collas who had succeeded in enlarging and reducing works of art to arbitrary sizes by a simple mathematical calculation, al...

Francesco SIBILIO Francesco Sibilio was not only interested in marbles but also in antiques in the broadest sense.

The masterfully executed top displays a stunning array of inlaid marbles and stones. The central checker board is framed within a fine black Belgian marble band with a most decorativ...

The exploitation of the quarries in Rance stopped in the 1950s. A museum on Belgian Marbles was opened in Rance in 1979. Gonçalo Alves is a hardwood (from the Portuguese name, Gonç...

Black Belgian marble columns support each side with a white Carrera marble façade with intricately carved and inlaid marble rosettes of a unique variety of exotic marbles such as Rou...

Highly animated bronzes of Apollo (left) and Vulcan (right). 17th century bronze copies of 16th century Venetian marbles by Alessandro Vittoria. Patina is a rich nut brown.

However whilst the V&A piece is rather busily decorated in this area, ours is ore selectively inlaid, probably because the V&A piece has a plain outer border whereas our piece uses m...

Hardstone & Semi-Precious Specimens include: Lapis Lazuli Amethyst Malachite Oberstein Agates Carnelian Chalcedony Labradorite Aventurine Rhodonite ...

In 1839 Barbedienne collaborated with the inventor Achille Collas who had succeeded in enlarging and reducing works of art to arbitrary sizes by a simple mathematical calculation, al...

From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Nap...

Elegant in its combination of different marbles, this pedestal can receive statues, decorative objects, or lighting, and add an air of sophistication to any setting, circa 1850 D...

At the top lays its two original joined white Carrara marbles. This display case is ideal to place a bronze statue, porcelain plates, or vase.

The stunning fitted Pietra Dura plateaux above display charming finely detailed birds at the center of impressive family crests with luxuriant scrolled foliate designs and raised scr...

A Regency period occasional table painted to simulate marbles and rosewood, English circa 1790-1810, the canted rectangular top painted in a variety of colors with twenty-four panels...

Black marble finely inlaid with polychrome marbles and semiprecious stones. Designed as a pin.

(The whiter the background the more expensive and desirable these marbles get.)

Scotland, 1760. 1760 was the start of the golden Georgian era, wealthy merchants built lavish properties all over the U.K. they often built second homes in market towns near to main...

In 1839 Barbedienne collaborated with the inventor Achille Collas who had succeeded in enlarging and reducing works of art to arbitrary sizes by a simple mathematical calculation, al...

The double serpentine form top made of various specimen marbles and inlaid with the armorial for the Baker family of County Tipperary, with motto "Hono Virtutis Satelles" s...

A Neoclassical pietra dura, micro mosaic and walnut centre table, the circular black marble top with a large central micro mosaic roundel depicting St Peter’s Square, Rome, surrounde...

The combination of the different exclusive marbles reflected the wealth of the owner. This is a real eyecatcher.

It is an outstanding marble piece, and gathers two types of beautiful and distinct marbles; white statuary Carrara marble and Brocatelle marble, characterized by the rich and foliage...

The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San L...

The reserve has scrolls and inlaid with various colored marbles to depict four flames amidst scroll designs with the spout in the middle.

At the top is a fitted marble specimen insert boasting a vast array of exotic marbles surrounding the circular Lapis Lazulis center.

The carved urn centre tablet is flanked by frieze panels inlaid with black, Brocatelle and Sienna marbles, the inlay depicts chains of bell-flowers upheld by corner rings and centre ...

The original circular specimen marble top displays a striking array of inlaid marbles arranged in a most decorative scattered pattern displaying Black, Green and Imperial Porphyry, S...

The star itself is made up of Persian turquoise marbles, while five carats worth of old mine cut diamonds surround it on all sides, granting it a celestial sparkle.

Charles Vital-Cornu (French, 1851 - 1927), Jouffroy’s and Pils’ pupil, he acquired a skillfulness mastery in carving marbles and producing bronzes. He used several patinas in his pro...

He appears to have produced marbles after the antique and some genre sculptures.   

The Venetian school that sealed the present re-evokes, through subtle arabesques, the polychrome marbles of the Venetian goldsmiths, recalling the marble inlays adorning the Basilica...

The beautiful and uniquely shaped bodies display an exceptional and most decorative combination of Vert de Patricia and black Belgian marbles with richly chased maiden's faces at eac...

In addition to collectors’ marbles, Romanelli executed numerous important commissions for monuments, such as those to Vittorio Fossombroni in Arezzo, Masi in Pavia, and Demidoff in F...

The top of the table is just as exceptional, with a glorious array of hand carved red, green, grey, black, yellow, and white marbles in a geometric array. Italy, circa 1860.

Above is the original and sensational marble top with an inlay of marbles and semi-precious stones. The center has four branches tied together with a grey bow.

The only other similar pair of marbles is the one attributed to Angelo Pizzi at the Museo Correr in Venice, highlighting the exceptional rarity and quality of our pair.