20th Century Classicist Style Pietra Dura Table Platter/Top

Pietra dura table platter in Classicist style. Colored inlaid mosaic pattern in facet shape with in itself tapered optic towards the middle. Inlaid with highly valuable semi preciou...

Solid beechwood, carved, chocolate brown hand-painted and gilded. (A-Gm-153).

Solid beechwood, carved, in pastel light blue hand-painted and gilded. Semi-precious stones: Lapislazuli, Malachite, Jade, Tiger‘s eye, Coral, Cornelian and many more. (A-Gm-152).

Marble with brass connections and facetted handwired, prism cords in the course, drops behang. (T-Hud-20).

Occasional table in Classicist style. Palisander on pinewood, framed fields of marquetry from band Intarsia. (G-Sam-20).  

Occasional table in classicist style. Palisander on pinewood, framed marquetry fields from band intarsia. (G-Sam-16).    

Exceptional, richly inlaid, circa 1850, Roman, ebonized and parcel gilt, Pietra Dura occasional table with scrolling x-stretcher capped by a marble, sphere finial.

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...

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...

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