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An Italian 19th Century Florentine Pietra Dura Inlaid Table on a Giltwood Stand
By E. Bosi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the void left by the decline of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, supporting the high demand for these
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Regency Rosewood Marble Specimen Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
, from with micro mosaics and pietre dure to exquisite inlaid tables such as this. Circa 1840 28 1/2
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Tables

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Porphyry, Siena Marble, Griotte Marble, Carrara Marble, Ma...

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze and Hardstone Inset Ebonised Pier Cabinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
mounted with fine pietre dure panels inlaid in high relief with shaded agates and marbles of perching
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Bronze

A Nineteenth Century Scagliola Inlaid Chimneypiece of Good Proportions
Located in London, GB
technique was invented during the 17th century to offer a more accessible alternative to the Italian Pietre
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

A Giallo di Siena, Africano and Portoro Nero Marble Chimneypiece, Rome, c.16
Located in London, GB
Italian peninsula – prime amongst them Rome – enjoyed a bounty of pietre dure, which were extracted from
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Antique 16th Century Italian Renaissance Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

Large Paesina Stone Plaque on Slate Grand Tour in Frame 18th Century
Located in Pistoia, IT
litici utilizzati dalla sua officina specializzata, l'Opificio delle pietre dure. Se il suo utilizzo
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Antique 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone, Slate

Pietra Dura Square Table Top, Inspired by Italian Models of the 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
... Compare this example with those preserved in the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, with the Roman
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Late 20th Century European Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

Victorian Marquetry Oval Table Attributed to Collinson and Lock, circa 1880
By Collinson Lock
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
inspiration from Florentine Pietre Dure.
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Gueridon

Materials

Wood

Table Ashtray Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
(Opificio delle Pietre Dure.  Malachite is well known and fascinating: semi-precious stone that has
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Vintage 1970s Italian Other Sterling Silver

Materials

Malachite, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

"Pietra Dura" Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones, circa End of the 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
collections: those preserved in the Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, the table in the Museo del
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Late 20th Century European Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

Circular "Pietra Dura" Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones
Located in Madrid, ES
Madrid, those preserved in the Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence (especially works such as the
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Late 20th Century European Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

Early Victorian Ashford Marble Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
-banded tablet and polychromed pietre dure compartment is a masterpiece of the Derbyshire Black Marble
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Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Tables

Materials

Marble

"Pietra Dura" Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones, circa Late 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
York (58.57 ad); and some preserved in the Museum Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence." Size: 180 x
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Late 20th Century European Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

IMPORTANT PAiR OF ANTIQUE FRENCH EMPIRE BRASS BRONZE MARBLE GUERIDON TABLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
) offered to Princess Eugenie (1826-1920) a pietre dure table by Raffaelli, now preserved in the Hotel
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Antique 1890s French Empire Gueridon

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Pietra Dura Louis XVI Bronze Gueridon Specimen Marble Tables, Style Raffaelli
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
to Princess Eugenie (1826-1920) a pietre dure table by Raffaelli, now preserved in the Hotel Matignon
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Side Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

PAIR OF ANTiQUE FRENCH LOUIS XVI BRASS RAMS HEAD GUERIDON MARBLE TOP TABLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Eugenie (1826-1920) a pietre dure table by Raffaelli, now preserved in the Hotel Matignon, further
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass

Table Cabinet, Early 17th Century, Italian Baroque, Pietra Paesina Mounted Walnu
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Pietra, Florence 1970 (M Chiarini) • Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence (A. Pampaloni
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Antique Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Cabinets

Materials

Marble

18th Century Italian Pietra Dura Multi-Marble Specimen Table-Top/Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
A.M. Giusti, Pietre Dure, London, 1992, p.225, fig.82. The survival of the present top with its large
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Antique 1780s Italian Classical Roman Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marb...

Beautiful silver and gemstone box
Located in Alba, IT
Bellissima scatola in argento e pietre dure, che ricorda un cestino pieno di fiori e foglie. La
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20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Coffee Table in Pietre Dure Marquetery, Italian Artwork, 20th Century
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Coffee table in Pietre dure marquetery with a slightly lively shape using different semi-precious
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Agate, Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Belgian Black Marble

19th Century Pair of Gilt Bronze Marble Pietre Dure Tables
Located in London, GB
and scrolled triform bases. Each with an octagonal inlaid pietre dure marble tops. Pietre dure, is a
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Empire Side Tables

Materials

Marble

Highly Decorative Mid-Late 19th Century Pietre Dure and Gilt Brass Games Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
A highly decorative mid-late 19th century (circa 1870) Pietre Dure and gilt brass games box
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Antique Late 19th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

G. Raffaelli Attributed to an Italo-French Pietre Dure Gueridon, circa 1825
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Paris, FR
, pietre dure, micro-mosaic. France, circa 1825. Height: 75 cm (29 ½ in.) ; Diameter: 99 cm (39 in
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Antique 19th Century French Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Fine Pietre Dure Pair of Side Cabinets by Mombro the Eldest, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Georges-Alphonse-Bonifacio Monbro (1807-1884) A fine pietre dure pair of side cabinets An
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Cabinets

Materials

Stone, Marble

Regency Carved Giltwood and Pietre Dure Centre Table
By Marsh and Tatham
Located in London, Middlesex
. Hansard was granted the crest and coat of arms that appear on the pietre dure top on 17 November 1809. The
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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Center Tables

Materials

Giltwood

English 19th Century Postal Scale in Pietre Dure and Brass by S. Mordan, London
Located in Wells, ME
English 19th Century Mordan postal scale in brass on pietre dure base. The black marble base is
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Antique Late 19th Century English More Desk Accessories

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Brass

Florentine Pietre Dure and Marble Inlaid Table Top, Italy 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Provenance: acquired directly from a private collection, Hong Kong. Inlaid with neoclassical panels of musical, allegorical and martial trophies in numerous marbles and semi preci...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

Roman Pietre Dure-Top Attributed to Raffaelli on an Anglo-Indian Ebony Table
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in London, GB
The inlaid marble top, circa 1820-1830; the Sinhalese ebony base of a similar date. From the 18th century there was a insatiable demand for Italian inlaid marble table-tops, often...
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Antique 1820s Italian Neoclassical Gueridon

Materials

Marble

Quality Pietra Dure Marble Walnut Octagonal Centre Occasional Coffee Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Quality 'Pietra Dure' marble walnut octagonal centre occasional coffee table. Pietre dure is a
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Late 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Marble

Pair Early C20th Sicilian Jasper Marble Obelisks
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Vittorio Bramanti, Florence, Italy, master of 'Opificio delle Pietre Dure' workshops, Florence. Completed
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Obelisks

19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Specimen Marble Chess Board Tabletop
Located in London, GB
design of this Pietre Dure tabletop incorporates a chess or games table of alternating cream and colored
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Patinated Bronze Pietra Dura Decorative Box, Italy circa 1880
Located in Pasadena, CA
, taking the work more into the area of hardstone carving. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Bronze

Contemporary Set of 4 Black and White Murano Glasses
By Stories Of Italy
Located in Milan, IT
reminiscent of the vast array of colourful glazes, marbles, and pietre dure in vogue throughout ancient Italy
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2010s Italian Other Tableware

Materials

Blown Glass

Contemporary Black and White Murano Glass Reversible Vase
By Stories Of Italy
Located in Milan, IT
reminiscent of the vast array of colourful glazes, marbles, and pietre dure in vogue throughout ancient Italy
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2010s Italian Other Tableware

Materials

Blown Glass

1920s Italian Figural Patinated Bronze Candelabra Mounted Pietra Dura Marble
Located in Pasadena, CA
dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]) or pietre dure ([ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre]) (see below), called parchin kari
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Alternate Designs for a Console Table Giovanni Battista Foggini
By Giovanni Battista Foggini
Located in New York, NY
foundry in Borgo Pinti with its bronze work and the Galeria dei Lavori – now the Opificio delle Pietre
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Materials

Pen

A Very Rare Pair of Scagliola Plates End of 18th Century
Located in Formigine Modena, IT
marble and later pietre dure. It is composed of pulverised selenite from the Appennini Mountains in
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Collectibles and Curiosi...

OYSTERS by Micah Heimlich
By Furbishure by unHeim, Micah Heimlich
Located in Yucca Valley, CA
the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy, is dedicated to the curiosities and rarities of the
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2010s American Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Bronze, Silver Plate, Nickel

19th Century Irish Specimen Marble-Top Rosewood Center Table or Chess Table
Located in Charleston, SC
board is made of 48 different semi-precious stones surrounded by 101 “pietre dure” semi-precious stones
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Antique 19th Century Irish Regency Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Pietre Dure Figural Plaque
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exceptional and rare pietre dure figural plaque. Pietre dure, also known as Pietra Dura, is a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Other Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Pietre Dure Casket
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare and extraordinary pietre dure casket exemplifies the very best of the best in both 17th
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Antique 19th Century European Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Gold Plate, Bronze

Pietre Dure Console Tables
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible pair of pietre dure console tables can be counted among the most impressive pieces
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Antique Late 18th Century Spanish Renaissance Console Tables

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Pietre Dure and Gilt Bronze Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
traditional pietre dure techniques. The panels are formed from polished marble and minerals, with each element
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble, Bronze

Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Stone Round Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Stone Round Tabletop
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1990s Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Pietre Dure Plaque by Mario Montelatici
Located in Tarzana, CA
A sizable and unusual subject for a pietre-dure plaque created by the skilled hands of Mario
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Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Art

Materials

Stone

Pietre Dure Specimen Casket
Located in New Orleans, LA
very fond of pietre dure works. These techniques were expensive, requiring not only precious materials
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Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble

Fossilized Tree Pietre Dure Hardstone Mosaic Table Top
Located in Marbella, ES
Mosaic of tree fossils make up this luxurious Italian Pietre Dure inspired table top.
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1990s Spanish Tables

Materials

Petrified Wood

Pietre Dure Dining Table W/ Black Marble Base, Italy, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Pietre Dure dining table w/ black marble base, 1960. Table top is made of multiple colors of marble
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble

18th-Century Marble Specimen and Pietre Dure Console Tables
Located in New Orleans, LA
pietre dure marble specimen tops. Created in the style of William Kent, the preeminent architect and
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Royal Palace Of Holyroodhouse Pietre Dure Table
By Thomas Woodruff 1, Holland Sons
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional pietre dure table was specially made for the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse, the
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Antique 19th Century English Side Tables

Materials

Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite

Napoleon III Pietre Dure Bureau Plat by Gros
By Jean-Louis-Benjamin Gros
Located in New Orleans, LA
desk is certainly no exception. Opulent engraved ormolu, marquetry, Pietre Dure and applied hardstones
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes
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1990s Tables

Materials

Marble

Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes
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2010s European Tables

Materials

Marble

Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes Dimensiones: 40-42"
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2010s European Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian Aged Carrara Marble Mosaic Table in Florentine Pietre Dure Style
Located in Marbella, ES
Classical Italian aged Carrara marble table using mosaic and pietre dure inlay techniques of red
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Late 20th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Stone Table Top with Ornamental Flower Decorations
Located in Marbella, ES
Italian Pietre Dure handcrafted inlay stone table with ornamental flower decorations handcrafted
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Late 20th Century European Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble

KPM Faux Micromosaic and Pietre Dure Porcelain Déjeuner Service
By KPM Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
that the motif is actually painted upon the porcelain. Faux micromosaic and pietre dure techniques
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Antique 19th Century German Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

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Pietre Dure For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pietre dure for your home. A pietre dure — often made from stone, marble and wood — can elevate any home. Find 223 options for an antique or vintage pietre dure now, or shop our selection of 7 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pietre dure, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A pietre dure, designed in the mid-century modern, modern or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made pietre dure over the years, but those crafted by Richard Blow, Salimbeni and Giorgio Salimbeni are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Pietre Dure?

A pietre dure can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $7,961, while the lowest priced sells for $0 and the highest can go for as much as $685,000.