Pietra Dura Exquisite Stone Inlaid Onyx Table
Italian Renaissance Style. Beautiful Ornate Black Onyx Inlayed design with matching octagon base. Extremely Heavy, and Large, no shipping, diameter is approximately 71 inches, approximately 31 inches tall Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjÉ›Ëtra ˈduËra]) or pietre dure ([ˈpjÉ›Ëtre ˈduËre]) (see below), called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری‎) in the Indian Subcontinent, 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.
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Italian Renaissance Style. Beautiful Ornate Black Onyx Inlayed design with matching octagon base. Extremely Heavy, and Large, no shipping, diameter is approximately 71 inches, approximately 31 inches tall Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjÉ›Ëtra ˈduËra]) or pietre dure ([ˈpjÉ›Ëtre ˈduËre]) (see below), called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری‎) in the Indian Subcontinent, 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.
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