Pietre Dure

Typically, because of the high level of workmanship the art form requires, pietre dure plaques were crafted in small sizes. The great majority of known examples of pietre dure are a ...

The exquisite art of pietre dure is at its absolute finest in this spectacular pair of Russian ormolu and malachite plinths.

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

19th Mahogany and Palo Santo Table with Pietre Dure top

Round Italian Pietre Dure inlay marble tabletop with lapis lazuli border and flower bouquet using colorful and semiprecious stones.  

Octagonal Belgian black marble table top profusely decorated with Italian Pietre Dure mosaic inlays using green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blue turquoise, light green jade, mo...

Octagonal hand-carved marble table with Italian Pietre Dure inlay mosaic, using semiprecious stones including malachite, lapis lazuli and turquoise.

Square Pietre Dure classical marble and Lapis Lazuli Mosaic tabletop.   

A Fine Italian Carved Giltwood Low Centre Table with A Pietre Dure Marble Top. This impressive giltwood low table has a fine pietre dure inlaid marble top inset within a gadrooned b...

Rectangular Crema Marfil marble table top profusely decorated with Italian Pietre Dure mosaic inlays drawing crowns eagles and ornamental decorations using blue lapis lazuli, semipre...

Octagonal Italian Pietre Dure semiprecious hardstone inlay white marble tabletop.

Square Italian geometric pietre dure technique handmade white marble mosaic table top with blue lapis and other semiprecious stones inlay.  

The Pietre Dure panel inset with lapis lazuli, marmo giallo, in a rectangular shape, probably a panel from a cabinet.

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

Round Italian geometric pietre dure technique handmade white marble mosaic table top with blue lapis, red amethyst and other semiprecious stones inlay.   

Rectangular Italian Pietre Dure technique handmade marble and blue lapislazuli mosaic 6-seat dining tabletop.

La produzione di scatole in essenze preziose arricchite da decorazioni in bronzo e pietre dure venne diffusa nel XVII secolo dall'Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze.

Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of Pietre Dure, semiprecious hard-stones: green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blu...

Octagonal Italian pietre dure technique handmade mosaic black marble tabletop with blue lapis lazuli, turquoise and other semiprecious stones inlay.  

Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of Pietre Dure, semiprecious hard-stones: green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blu...

A fine Louis XVI Style gilt bronze and Pietre Dure mounted ebonised writing table, retailed by Edwards & Roberts.

Octagonal Carrara White marble table top profusely decorated with Italian Pietre Dure mosaic inlays using green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blue turquoise, light green jade, mo...

A Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Ebonised Side Cabinet. This fine side cabinet has a rectangular Belgian black marble top above a gilt-bronze guilloche and flowe...

Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of Pietre Dure, semiprecious hard-stones: green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blu...

Spectacular long marble table profusely decorated with Pietre Dure inlays drawing plants and bird mosaic decorations using blue lapis lazuli, semiprecious stones and marbles.     

An Italian mid-19th century micromosaic and pietre dure circular tabletop The central micromosaic panel depicting a mother hen and her chicks within a grassy landscape with rocks an...

Large Italian Pietre Dure Plaque of a Monk in a Wine Cellar The rectangular pietre dure plaque is composed as an interior scene set within a wine cellar and housed in a carved giltw...

The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance.

Modern take on a classical Italian design with an exuberant use of semiprecious jewelry grade stones: lapis lazuli, malaquite, turquoise and mother of pearl. Custom and handmade in o...

Modern take on a classical Italian design with an exuberant use of semiprecious jewelry grade blue lapis lazuli stone.

Marble tabletop covered in a mosaic of semi-precious hardstones, specially green malachite, as well as yellow travertine, brown Emperador and black Belgian marble. A work of craftsma...

Italian specimen marble inlaid top, early 19th century.

Handmade ten-seat dining table in Italian pietra dura inlay mosaic, composed of semi precious stones such as blue lapis, turquoise and green malachite. It is reproduction of a 16t...

A mid-20th Century Italian Pietra Dura marble occasional table. Elegantly made with a range of different geometric cut marble inserts. The table features a beveled edge and petal sha...

MASSIVE 145CM, 57” LONG, VINTAGE, SPECIMEN MARBLE, TOP UNITED WITH AN IRON BASE IN THE MANNER OF MARCEL COARD Striking conversation piece with 143 marble specimens creating a colour...

A Lovely C19th Marble Specimen Top Table standing on a Quatrafoil Base. Stunning Pietre dure Top The Top lobed edge with radiating Specimen Marbles.

Caratteristiche principali: - Design: decorazione su fondo nero in lacca con raffinati inserti in madreperla e pietre dure. Scene naturalistiche con personaggi, case, giardini, anima...

Exquisite Italian Pietre Dure chess board side table circa 1950s Mosaic chessboard surface of Nero Portoro and pink marble On a bronze base with three splayed legs Suitable for g...

It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian.

Coppia di placche in pietre dure onice, rosso Levanto, giallo siena ecc...

In Florence, in 1400, the Medici family founded the "Opificio delle Pietre Dure," where artisans crafted marble and semi-precious stones to embellish Renaissance palaces.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL Piano in marmo intarsiato a pietre dure. Encimera de mármol con incrustaciones ...

However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.

Particolare piano in marmo con intarsio a tridimensione, con marmi rari e pietre dure, cornice in marmo nero portoro. XX Secolo.

A fine large Italian baroque revival carved walnut pedestal table base with a "Pietra Dura" (Pietre Dure) the inlaid marble figures of flowers and birds.

An outstanding table top in marmo e pietre dure, attributed Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836) attr.

Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1973 and manufactured in Florence in a single example of this size, at the Salimbeni company headquarters, entirely handcrafted by skilled artisans fo...

Vases with flowers, clam shells, fishes and a myriad of elements are confirmed by the clever use of Pietre Dure, semiprecious hard-stones: green malachite, dark blue lapis, light blu...

It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian.

Nel 1588, il Granduca Ferdinando I istituì l'Opificio delle pietre dure, una manifattura di stato che riuniva mosaicisti e intagliatori, garantendo alla dinastia medicea l'esclusiva ...

Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 and produced in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with handcrafting by skilled artisans, also experts in the working of semipreciou...

It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian.

The end of the Tuscan Grand Duchy in 1859 spelled disaster for the pietre dure workshops, which had always been closely linked to the court of the Medicis.

The end of the Tuscan Grand Duchy in 1859 spelled disaster for the pietre dure workshops, which had always been closely linked to the court of the Medicis.

Furniture and objet d'art that utilized inlaid and inset hardstones were considered one of the most prized souvenirs of the Grand Tour, from with micro mosaics and pietre dure to exq...

The cabinet has a rectangular Belgian black marble top above a frieze drawer and two cupboard doors richly mounted with fine pietre dure panels inlaid in high relief with shaded agat...

Key high-selling pieces documented include a Viennese gilt-metal and enamel-mounted ebonised vitrine-on-stand, which realized $40,000, and a Florentine pietre dure table top sold for...