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Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes + Table Base
Located in Marbella, ES
Round Pietre Dure Black Marble Mosaic Table Top with Greek Scenes + Table Base
Category

1990s Tables

Materials

Marble

Mother-of-pearl and Lapis Lazuli Pietre Dure Inlay Mosaic Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
Handcrafted mosaic tabletop in the Italian Pietre Dure marble and semiprecious stones inlay
Category

1990s Italian Center Tables

Materials

Marble, Lapis Lazuli

Rectangular Pietre Dure White Marble Inlay Mosaic 6-Seat Dining Table Top
Located in Marbella, ES
Rectangular Italian Pietre Dure technique handmade white marble inlay mosaic 6-seater dining
Category

Late 20th Century Indian Tables

Materials

Marble

Pair of Hand-Carved Marble Wall Reliefs with Italian Pietre Dure Inlay Mosaic
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of hand-carved marble wall reliefs with Italian Pietre Dure inlay Mosaic, using semiprecious
Category

1990s Indian Decorative Art

Materials

Marble

Magnificent Italian Rectangular Pietre Dure Plaque by O. Innocenti, circa 1920
By Fratelli Bencini
Located in Tarzana, CA
A magnificent Italian rectangular Pietre Dure plaque by Orente innocenti Italy, circa 1920
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Decorative Art

Pietre Dure And Doré Bronze Box By Tahan
By Jean-Pierre Tahan
Located in New Orleans, LA
and engraved with exceptional precision. Its aesthetic is further enhanced by vibrant pietre dure
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Italian Pietre-Dure Hardstones Mosaic Inlay and Brass Palatial Chest of Drawers
Located in Marbella, ES
Palatial chest of drawers fully decorated by Italian craftsmanship using traditional pietre-dure
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble

A Rare Italian Giltwood Framed Pietre Dure By Mario Montelatici 2 Little Tykes
By Giovani Montelatici
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important and Rare Italian Giltwood Framed Pietre Dure Signed By Mario Montelatici Called
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Other Decorative Art

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Alabaster, Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrar...

Faux Micromosaic and Pietre Dure Porcelain Cup and Saucer by KPM
By KPM Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
florentine Pietre Dure with amazing results. Upon first glance, the workmanship is so flawless that it is
Category

Antique 19th Century German Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Faux Micromosaic and Pietre Dure Porcelain Cup and Saucer by KPM
By KPM Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Florentine pietre dure with amazing results. Upon first glance, the workmanship is so flawless that it is
Category

Antique 19th Century German Other Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Octagonal Pietre Dure Marble Inlay Mosaic Chess Table Top with Lapis and Jade
Located in Marbella, ES
Octagonal Italian pietre dure technique handmade mosaic white marble chess table top with blue
Category

Late 20th Century European Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Fermacarte Souvenir Grand Tour Mosaico Marmi e Pietre Dure Architettura
Located in Pistoia, IT
Fermacarte in marmi pregiati e pietre dure, souvenir del Grand Tour, Roma, 19 secolo. Realizzato in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Architectural Models

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble, Porphyry

Rich Lapis Lazuli Pietre Dure Inlay Stone Tabletop
Located in Marbella, ES
Modern take on a classical Italian design with an exhuberant use of semiprecious jewelry grade blue lapis lazuli stone. Custom handmade rectangular top in our partner workshops.   
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Tables

Materials

Stone, Lapis Lazuli, Marble

A Pair of Gilt Bronze and Pietre Dure Mounted Mirrors
Located in Stamford, CT
Great pair of 17th century Italian ebonized wood, etched bronze and hard stone octagonal mirror frames with winged female masks at corners and a border inlaid with ovals of stone.
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

19th Century Florentine Pietra Dura Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
the center of the facade is decorated with pietre dure panel depicting neoclassical vase with springs
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Cabinets

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli

1900s Chinese Lacquer Coffee Table
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
1900s Chinese lacquered coffee table with top surface decorated with pietre dure motifs; mother-of
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

Ebonized Coffee Table with Top in Various Marbles Florence last quarter of 19th century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Tavolino con piano a campionario di marmi e pietre dure inseriti in bordatura di marmo Lumachello
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Other Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Richard Blow Pietra Dure For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure for Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure. Reinterpreting
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Richard Blow Pietra Dure For Montici
By Richard Blow
Located in Pawtucket, RI
, American painter Richard Blow brought a unique perspective to the Italian technique of pietre dure
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Precious Stone

Commesso Marble Top India 19th Century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Orientali. Il decoro molto calligrafico e realizzato con marmi e pietre dure esotiche colorate sono tipici
Category

Antique 19th Century Indian Other Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Very Important Cosmatesque Top
Located in Rome, IT
condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes. Importantissimo piano cosmatesco con pietre dure e
Category

20th Century Tables

Materials

Marble

Marble Specimen Console Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
This majestic Neoclassical console table is distinguished by its incredible pietre dure marble
Category

Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Antique Italian Pietra Dura Plaque in Giltwood Florentine Frame, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural
Category

Antique 1870s Italian Paintings

Antique Victorian Ashford Pietra Dura Marble Obelisk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural
Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Malachite, Marble

Pair of Pyramids of Grand Tour, Italy, 1830
Located in Milan, IT
, realizzate in legno ebanizzato, rivestito in marmi e pietre dure. Le apparecchiature grandi sono in breccia
Category

Antique 1830s Italian Mounted Objects

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Breccia Marble, Brass

Octagonal "Pietra Dura" Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, the table held in the Royal Laboratory of the Pietre Dure of Naples
Category

20th Century European Baroque Revival Tables

Materials

Marble

19th Century French Ormolu and Pietra Dura Stationery Casket
Located in London, GB
create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks
Category

Antique 1860s French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

French Ormolu and Pietra Dura Mounted Ebonized Bureau Plat
Located in Bradenton, FL
aristocrats making their Grand Tour through Europe were particularly fond of these types of Pietre dure and
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Desks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Pietra Dura Marble Malachite Thermometer
Located in London, GB
create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English More Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Stationery Casket with Pietra Dura Panels
Located in London, GB
. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also
Category

Antique 1860s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Italian Ebonised Pietra Dura Cigar Humidor Games Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura
Category

Antique 1880s Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Other

19th Century Brass and Pietra Dura Mounted Desk Set
Located in London, GB
polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian
Category

Antique 1870s Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian
Category

Antique 1850s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Octagonal Table Top Stand, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Onyx, Granite, Marble, Porphyry

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Table Top Stand, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning
Category

Antique 1880s Italian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Quartz, Marble

Antique Ormolu Mounted Pietra Dura Jewellery Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra
Category

Antique 1860s French Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Antique William IV Pietra Dura Marble Top Occasional Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
polished colored stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian
Category

Antique 1830s William IV Tables

Materials

Marble

20th Century Lapis Lazuli Earth Globe, Marquetry in Precious Stones
By American Cabinet Company
Located in Valladolid, ES
stones, they are applied following the jewelry technique called "Pietre dure", carefully fitted and
Category

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Maps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian Betjemann s Porcelain Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns Sons
Located in London, GB
coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends

Materials

Brass

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Onyx, Marble, Porphyry

Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones
Category

Antique 1880s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble

Antique Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Plaque Giltwood Frame, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Paintings

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Victorian Betjemann s Pietra Dura Coromandel Book Slide 19th C
By Betjemanns Sons
Located in London, GB
art. Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pregevole stazione barometrica in ottone composta da orologio e barometro 1890
Located in Milan, IT
fusione e arricchiti ai bordi con pietre dure incastonate di color turchese, sormontati da una coppia di
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

"Pietra Dura" Tabletop, Marble and Hardstones, circa Late 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
1763 of the Museo del Prado (O00467) made in the Royal Laboratory of the Pietre Dure in Naples, those
Category

Late 20th Century European Modern Tables

Materials

Marble

Italian Pietra Dura View of Florence in Parcel-Gilt and Burl Veneer Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
the 20th-century continuation of the Grand Tour tradition, in which micromosaic and pietre dure panels
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Art

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Carrara Marble

Pair of Pietra Dura Center Tables with Marble Bases, 1970s
Located in Manhasset, NY
: 26"l x 12"w x 28.5h Pietra Dura or pietre dure (see below), called parchin kari in South Asia, is
Category

Vintage 1970s Unknown Art Deco Center Tables

Unusual 19th Century Mosaic, Pietra Dura Plaque of "The Cock Fight"
Located in New York, NY
three centuries, was the core of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, established at the end of the 19th
Category

Antique 1870s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Art

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Siena Marble

Antique Napoleon III Pietra Dura Ebonized Credenza, circa 1840
Located in London, GB
polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art. Pietre dure is an Italian
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Credenzas

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

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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.