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Meanings of pietra dura in English
Spanish
mosaico florentino Synonyms
Examples for "florentine mosaic"
Examples for "florentine mosaic"
1
Florentine mosaics are the choicest in all the world.
2
Twenty-five men were employed for twenty years in its construction; it is composed of Florentine mosaic.
3
Here in my hand is a little shaft of Florentine mosaic executed at the present day.
4
Ebenstreit brought them, and seated himself by the Florentine mosaic table, near which Marie was standing.
5
Articles of European manufacture, such as handsome mirrors, clocks, vases, and tables of Florentine mosaic or variegated marble, were plentiful.
Usage of pietra dura in English
1
In Florentine Pietra Dura work, the inlay of two hard and equally cut materials reached its climax.
2
The art of Pietra Dura mosaic began under Cosimo I. who imported it, if one may use such an expression, from Lombardy.
3
Yesterday we visited the church of San Lorenzo, the Laurentian library, and the Pietra Dura manufactory, and afterwards spent an hour in the Tribune.
4
" Pietra Dura" was a mosaic laid upon either a thick wood or a marble foundation.
5
Pietra Dura reached its climax, there being in Florence at this time a most noted Frenchman, Luigi Siriès, who settled in Florence in 1722.
Translations for pietra dura
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