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Marble Top Tables
Restaurants and cafes are clad in marble, their tables marble-topped. Even the area's culinary specialty, Colonnata lard, is salt-cured between slabs of Carrara white marble.
Stone Countertops
Natural stone countertops, such as granite, marble and soapstone, are considered to be the height of elegance and will last longer than most kitchens.
Marble Table
Terms are defined first followed by a table of 150 granites in alphabetical order which is the main part. The idea for this article was from my experience and observation of the frustration of consumers and the trade in the process of selection, use, care and maintenance of granite.
Countertops New York
We installed engineered granite countertops in our kitchen in New York, and replaced the old sink with an engineered granite model.
Countertops Pennsylvania
In a kitchen, the countertop is quite eye catching and demands a little indulgence. But before you go any further decide your budget. In the countertops business quality does not demand price, aesthetics do.
Marble Fireplace
Some limestones from countries such as France and Portugal can be somewhat porous but are perfect for flooring, backsplashes, fireplace surrounds and outdoor uses.

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Italian Marble

Italian Marble use at Pompeii

I have been interested in Pompeii since my year as a Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy (1991-92). That year I was going to write the comprehensive history of the Roman trade in imported marble (it didn't take me long to realize that that history wasn't ready to be written--David Peacock's work in Egypt has changed our ideas on many fronts and made vast new sources of information available).

One of my chapters was going to deal with marble use in domestic contexts, and so going to Pompeii was the obvious next step. Talking with friends beforehand, I frequently heard the comment, ...

House of the Vettii

In 1999 I returned to an idea from 1992 about the House of the Vettii (now published; see the web presentation). I had been struck by the large assemblage of basins and fountains in white marble in the peristyle garden and wondered how many varieties were present and why. With the maturation of techniques of scientific analysis and identification it was now possible to take samples (with the support and encouragement of the Superintendency, ...

Thasian dolomitic marble

Thasian dolomitic marble, Pentelic and Luna were also used in this one small context. Again, the owner must have been trying to impress with this range of marbles: it would surely have been easier and cheaper to make the whole triclinium from Luna or perhaps Pentelic. In 2004 I will be prospecting for similar groupings of white marble objects to sample (in a separate phase) and carrying out another project which has been in the back of my mind even longer than the Vettii basins. ...