EARLY ITALIAN MARBLE FLOORS

These floors were an inspiration, and for years we tried to find modern ways of building such floors, at prices people could afford. Some are illustrated on another page.

Italian floor



Late Roman Early Christian floor

Black and white marble floor, San Miniato Al Monte, 11th century, Florence, Italy.



Early Christian floor



Marble work, Lucca, Tuscany



Italian painting of black and white marble floor, 14th century

Early Christian Church, Rome



San Paolo outside the walls, Rome







The Palatine Chapel, Palermo, 12th century

Floor in the cathedral of Milan



Early floor in Roman north Africa


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Two pavements, Italy, 14th century



Multicolored pieces of stone in a simple array
yet perhaps the most profound array of all
Torcello, Italy