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Pietra Dure
Posts tagged Pietra Dure from the RareVictorian furniture archive.
Unusual Marble Top Rococo Table
I thought I'd share this somewhat unusual Rococo marble-top center table that I recently had the opportunity to purchase, which I didn't, due to the price being too high for today's market. The overall form is a round ce
Alexander Roux Pietra Dure Table
Also commonly seen as Pietra Dura, Pietra Dure is the technique of using precision cut, highly polished rocks to create a painting in stone. I've never seen this technique used by the "big names" in Victorian furniture b