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Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
Marble Art Palace
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+91 562 223 1990

Hours:
Sunday9am - 8pm
Monday9am - 8pm
Tuesday9am - 8pm
Wednesday9am - 8pm
Thursday9am - 8pm
Friday9am - 8pm
Saturday9am - 8pm


Pietra dura or pietre dure [ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre] , called parchin kari or parchinkari 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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