| P number: | P576301 |
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| Caption: | Marble specimen. Blue Fleuri. Farnocchia Quarries, Seravezza, Tuscany. |
| Description: | Label name: Blue Fleuri. Alternative name: Bardiglio Fiorito. Specimen description: Light grey-blue with slender but distinct dark grey veins. Known as Blue Fleuri in France. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 354 BARDIGLIO FIORITO. Farnocchia Quarries, Seravezza, Tuscany. This is another variety of the Dove Marbles of Italy, but in this example the veins are clearer and more slender, and are interlaced, running into flower-like forms, hence the name by which it is known. It is sometimes distinguished as Fiorito di Seravezza. The quarries, which have been worked for many centuries, are situated at Seravezza. Examples of the use of this marble can be traced to the time of Imperial Rome. The statues of the 'Lion' and the 'River', now in the Vatican Museum at Rome, are sculptured in this marbles. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2004 |
| Photographer: | McIntyre, B.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | The marble is from the Walter Brown Collection, Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club. |
| Orientation: | Square |
| Size: | 233.34 KB; 1000 x 1000 pixels; 85 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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