Pietra dura

Pietra Dura
Pietra dura (meaning "hard rock") is an ancient technique of inlaying semi-precious stones (like alabaster, agate, onyx, lapis lazuli, jasper, topaz, and carnelian) into marble or other soft stone.

Pietra Dura: An inlaying technique usually associated with workshops in Florence, Italy, used to describe sculptural or decorative use of hard stones to decorate furniture, cameos, vases, and panels with various stones such as malachite, ...

Pietra Dura
Mosaic of semi-precious stones set into a floral pattern of black marble or onyx, also known as a hardstone mosaic ...

PIETRA DURA: See Mosaic
PIQUE: Inlaying of gold or silver into genuine tortoise shell, ivory, or horn.

Pietra Dura - Similar to Micromosaics, except that the piece is made of larger pieces of hard stone such as chalcedony, jasper, etc, in a background of black marble.

Pietra dura
Florentine Pietra-Dura Pin.
In 1588 Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici founded the The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (originally named Galleria di'Lavori )[1], ...

Pietra dura: Literally, hard stone. The term refers to various hardstones that are cut into miniature flat slices and used in mosaic form. The slices were inserted into cut out areas within another gemstone to formulate a picture.

Parisian Mounts: Ormolu, Pietra Dura (Hardstones), Porcelain Plaques,
Provincial Carcasses: Ash, Beech, Birch, Cherrywood, Chestnut, Linden, Mulberry, Olivewood, Pearwood, Pine, Elm, Walnut, Willow
Stamps on Louis XV and XVI Furniture ...

Intarsias, insets, inlays, pietra dura and micro-mosaics fall into the category of making something beautiful out of what would otherwise have been waste products.

pastime for the well-heeled Englishman was to embark on "The Grand Tour" of Europe, visiting classical Baroque, Greco-Roman and Italian Renaissance monuments while collecting mementos from each location. Collectors brought back Pietra Dura (stone ...

Pavilion The lower part of a cut gemstone below the girdle Pendaloque A type of pear shaped or tear drop gemstone faceted as a brilliant cut and suspended from a smaller stone which is usually separated by a bow or other motif Pietra Dura ...

See also: Art, Gemstones, Jewel, Gemstone, Jewelry