Parchin kari, or pietra dura in Italian, is the art of marble inlay, which involves carving out marble slabs and inserting precious and semiprecious stones to create elaborate floral and geometric ...

Siena, the famous Tuscan rival of Florence, is justly famous for Il Palio, a legendary horse race with roots that go back to the Middle Ages. But Siena has another medieval treasure, the Duomo di ...

Dezeen promotion: designer Raffaello Galiotto has created patterned marble disks that blur into new shapes when spun fast enough for Italian brand Lithos Design (+ slideshow). The Opus Motus ...

An inlaid marble table in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection in London is labelled by the firm of J. Darmanin & Sons, marble workers, of 45, Strada Levante, Valletta. It was purchased by a ...

with fine black variegated "Egyptian" marble top, burlwood veneered cabinet with central marquetry inlaid door, flanked by two short drawers over two cabinet doors, each set with ivory escutcheon or ...