Italian Pietre Dure

The Italian term ‘Pietra Dura’ or ‘Pietre Dure’ translating to ‘hard stone’ and often called ‘painting in stone’ was created during The Renaissance in Florence, Italy, a technique of...

The inlaid marble top, circa 1820-1830; the Sinhalese ebony base of a similar date. From the 18th century there was a insatiable demand for Italian inlaid marble table-tops, often...

Pair Of Italian Figural Patinated Bronze Candelabra Mounted Pietra Dura Marble. 17"X8"X8" Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]) or pietre dure ([ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre]) (see below), c...

Provenance: By descent, family of Vittorio Bramanti, Florence, Italy, master of 'Opificio delle Pietre Dure' workshops, Florence.

Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Stone Round Tabletop

Italian Pietre Dure handcrafted inlay stone table with ornamental flower decorations handcrafted from blue lapis lazuli, green malachite and other semi-precious stones.

Pair of hand-carved marble wall reliefs with Italian Pietre Dure inlay Mosaic, using semiprecious stones.

Palatial chest of drawers fully decorated by Italian craftsmanship using traditional pietre-dure hardstones inlay mosaics and brass accent pieces, mainly the pilasters base and capit...

Mosaic of tree fossils make up this luxurious Italian Pietre Dure inspired table top.

Rectangular Italian Pietre Dure technique handmade white marble inlay mosaic 6-seater dining tabletop.

Octagonal Italian pietre dure technique handmade mosaic white marble chess table top with blue lapis, green jade, pink amethyst and other semiprecious stones inlays.  

Handcrafted mosaic tabletop in the Italian Pietre Dure marble and semiprecious stones inlay technique.

Thus, he was familiar with the Italian arts and had become enamored of the art of pietre dure.

Wealthy aristocrats making their grand tour through Italy were also very fond of pietre dure works.

Each panel of this 19th-century Italian box is meticulously crafted using a combination of traditional pietre dure techniques.

Wealthy aristocrats making their Grand Tour through Italy were very fond of pietre dure and micromosaic works.

Pietre Dure dining table w/ black marble base, 1960. Table top is made of multiple colors of marble. Done in Pietre Dure technique using inlayed marble to create this piece of art.

Classical Italian aged Carrara marble table using mosaic and pietre dure inlay techniques of red Verona and other marbles.  

Wealthy aristocrats making their Grand Tour through Italy were also very fond of Pietre dure works.

Modern take on a classical Italian design with an exhuberant use of semiprecious jewelry grade blue lapis lazuli stone. Custom handmade rectangular top in our partner workshops.   

A Highly Important and Rare Italian Giltwood Framed Pietre Dure Signed By Mario Montelatici Called 'Two Little Tykes'.

Precious marble and gemstone paperweight, souvenir of the Grand Tour, Rome, 19th century. Made of white Carrara marble with geometric inlays of porphyry, antique yellow marble, and l...

Great pair of 17th century Italian ebonized wood, etched bronze and hard stone octagonal mirror frames with winged female masks at corners and a border inlaid with ovals of stone.

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1966 During the 1950s-1960s American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting t...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the art form with a modernist hand, his visionary...

During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the art form with a modernist hand, his visionary...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

Signed with makers cipher circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the art ...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

Signed with makers cipher, circa 1950s During the 1950s, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting the a...

Table in Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Mosaic + marble pedestal

1950s hand-carved marble chess board in Italian Pietre Dure inlay mosaic, using semiprecious stones and marbles, including mother of pearl and oceanic jasper.  

Rectangular Italian pietre dure technique handmade classical mosaic white marble tabletop with blue lapis lazuli, green malachite, turquoise and other semiprecious stone inlays.   

Hand carved white marble fireplace mantle with Italian Pietre Dure mosaic inlay using blue lapis lazuli and other semiprecious stones and marbles.

Round Italian pietre dure technique handmade black marble mosaic tabletop with Greek scenes composed with blue lapis and other semiprecious stones inlay.

Octagonal Italian pietre dure technique handmade mosaic white marble tabletop with blue lapis, green jade and other semiprecious stones inlay.   

Rectangular Italian pietre dure technique handmade classical mosaic black Belgium marble table top with pheasants and flower motifs created with blue lapis lazuli, green malachite, t...

Hand crafted mosaic table top in the Italian Pietre Dure marble and semiprecious inlay technique.

Round Italian geometric pietre dure technique handmade mosaic table top with different marble and semiprecious stones.   

A pair of Italian pietre dure-mounted mirrors.

This is a signed,marble mosaic by the Ugolini workshop of Florence, Italy. It is a handsome landscape depicting classic, Italian stone pine trees. The workmanship, detail and subjec...

A large Italian pietre dure center table, having an oval top centering a decoration with birds and flowers; the surround of garlands, ribbons, butterflies and fruit on a heavily carv...

A rare 17th century panel of Italian Pietre Dure mounted on a red painted wrought iron base.

A Pair of Gilt Bronze and Pietre Dure-Mounted Mirrors with Engraved Brass Ebonized Frames


Octagonal form with a pierced winged female mask at each angle with...

An Italian (Roma) pietra paesina and lapis lazuli, gilt bronze-mounted pietre dure and ebony frame.

A pair of Italian neoclassic pietre dure obelisks, the Belgian (black) marble in laid with various coloured hardstones.

Italian Pietre Dure top mahogany and bronze mounted guierdon, the pietre dure marble top is inlaid with flowers and birds of many different marbles and semi-precious stones.

These unusual pedestals consist of decorative Pietre Dure marble tops of floral and foliate designs inlaid with various marbles and semi-precious stones.

This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...

A large, superb and very decorative original antique French clock by the famous maker A.D. Mougin. It is boldly modelled in the Rococo style in finely gilded bronze. Asymmetric waist...

A very good quality late 18th century George III Period mahogany oval breakfast table having well Figured oval tilting top with crossbanded decoration Raised on elegant barrel turned...

Pair of French (19th Century) walnut library ladders with side railings and steps leading to a top platform (on casters) (attributed to Napoleon III's personal library) (Related item...

Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910. This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios large table lamp that is illustrated in Al...

This painted limestone relief is an exquisite example of New Kingdom relief carving from the apogee of Egyptian artistic production. Carved in raised relief - a labour-intensive tech...

Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...

Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...

For sale is a fine quality Regency mahogany dining table. Each end is supported by a turned pedestal above four swept legs, terminating on brass castors, flanking a centre section on...

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

A Very Fine French 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, Horloge à Poser, by Henri Picard and Fedinand Barbedienne - ‘F. Barbédienne & Cie. / A Paris’, after the model by É...

Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...