Pietre Dure at the Met

Despite signs to the contrary, conspicuous consumption is not what it used to be. Most exhibitions of decorative arts from the past, especially Europe’s monarchical age, drive that fact home in thr…

A Collector's Guide: What Is Pietre Dure? An Introduction to a Most Delicate and Scintillating Art, Classic Design Week

Pietra dure hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pietra dura - Wikipedia

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Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Castrucci, Pietre dure (hardstone) landscape scene, Bohemian, Prague

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

21 foto's en beelden met Pietre Dure Restauration Laboratory - Getty Images

Pietra dura table top, Italian, Rome

Prince Karl I of Liechtenstein's Pietre Dure Tabletop: Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 22 (1987) - MetPublications - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Pietra dura maker: 'Everyone else in Florence was looking at the paintings, but I was looking at the pietra-dura floor' - Country Life