The circular top has a gilt bronze beaded border, decorated with a central medallion of a bird perched in a cherry branch with an outer-border of 37 various specimen marbles including porphery, onyx, lapis lazuli, Sienna brocatelle, breche d??alep, violet brocatelle and agate, inset into a slate marble base, the white marble pedestal base with a foliate, reeded carved baluster column and a triform scrolling acanthus carved base.
Pietra Dura (Italian pietre dure), is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. The stonework, after the work is assembled loosely, is glued stone-by-stone to a substrate after having previously been "sliced and cut in different shape sections; and then assembled together so precisely that the contact between each section was practically invisible". Stability was achieved by grooving the undersides of the stones so that they interlocked, rather like a jigsaw puzzle, with everything held tautly in place by an encircling 'frame'. Many different colored stones, particularly marbles, were used, along with semiprecious, and even precious stones. It first appeared in Rome in the 16th century, reaching its full maturity in Florence. Pietra Dura items are generally crafted on green, white or black marble base stones. Typically the resulting panel is completely flat, but some examples where the image is in low relief were made, taking the work more into the area of hardstone carving.
A compliment to any environment these could be used at locations of your choice and could be custom made for any use, like side table, coffee table, end table, round table,low coffee table, industrial table, rustic coffee table, live edge table, console table, farmhouse table, small coffee table, bedside table, corner table
DIMENSIONS
H 29.14 in. x Dm 27.17 in.
H 74 cm x Dm 69 cm
DIAMETER
27.17 in. (69 cm)
Measure: Weight 60 kg
Size can be altered to your measurements..
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