Pieruga Marble
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ABOUT BARBERINI & GUNNELL PIERUGA MARBLE MISSION Challenging Times need Beauty. Beauty made in Italy. Beauty by Barberini & Gunnell. LIMITED EDITION EVERYDAY COLLECTIBLES Charger plates Serviette rings Circular plates Cutting boards Centerpieces & serving plates ROMA IMPERIALE Sculptural vases Champagne buckets Luxurious bowls

ABOUT BARBERINI & GUNNELL Atelier Barberini & Gunnell was founded in 2009 by the architects Francesco Barberini and Nina A. Gunnell, as the result of a passion followed for a long period of time, creating one-off pieces and collectible design in limited editions; artworks far from industrial reality. The cultural mix between the two artists with Italian, English and Austrian backgrounds results in unique architectural and interior design projects. From several private clients and collectors emerges the request for the conception and realization of ‘living art’, customized furniture for...

Pieruga is a project very dear to us since, spending some time in Carrara working on a sculpture, we realized how much knowledge and skills of the ancient tradition of sculpting are slowly being lost. Our reflection starts with marble, a natural material that comes from bygone times and still accompanies us in everyday life, in work, in art, a material that knows how to adapt continuously to the needs of man. Pieruga proudly creates elegant accessories and complements in marble through artisanal processes, bringing into dialogue ancient techniques of sculpture with advanced technologies....

LIMITED EDITION Shapes of art Exclusive artworks sculpted by hand using the most precious and rare materials.

Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Arabescato marble. Limited Edition of 35. D52 H45 cm

Azul Macaubas

White onyx

Luxurious and oversize sculptural vase, carved by hand from a solid block of semi precious gemstone Rose quartz. Limited Edition of 15. D57.5 H50 cm

ROMA IMPERIALE “Roma Imperiale” is not just a vase or rather a sculpture, imagine it as a memory, the memory of a nobility now dissolved, a suspended memory, forgotten in a secret garden, of those flower gardens in a blaze of roses, the same roses that surround it and become part of it. Pink onyx finds its maximum expression in emulating the delicate petals, the eye almost seems to touch them such was the care with which they were sculpted. Limited Edition of 6. Approximately Height: 15.7 in. (40 cm) Diameter: 15.7 in. (40 cm)

Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Arabescato marble. Limited Edition of 35 pieces. D30 H67 cm

Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Statuario marble. Limited Edition of 35. L51 W30 H44 cm

Important sculptural vases carved by hand from a solid block of Amber onyx. Limited Edition of 35. PV 06 PV 07 PV 08

Semi precious gemstone Rose quartz 26

Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Statuario marble. Limited Edition of 35. L28 W19 H61 cm

Important sculptural vase carved by hand from a solid block of Statuario marble. Limited Edition of 35. L39 W16.5 H50 cm

C H A M PA G N E B U C K E T S Luxurious and large champagne bucket sculpted by hand from a solid block of White onyx. Limited Edition of 50. D26 H41cm Imperial Green Amber onyx

Azul Macaubas

Marquina marble Pink onyx

ANTS Luxurious and large champagne bucket sculpted by hand from a solid block of Marquina marble with brass inlay. Limited Edition of 50. L28 W29 H41cm

LUXURIOUS B OWL IN PINK ONYX Important sculptural bowl carved by hand from a solid block of Pink onyx. Limited Edition of 50. L59 W34 H6 cm Extraordinary and luxurious champagne bucket for very special moments. Limited Edition of 30. Semi precious gemstone Rose quartz 42

White onyx

Imperial Green

LUXURIOUS OVERSIZE B OWL Important sculptural bowl carved by hand from a solid block of Orange onyx. Limited Edition of 35. L95.5 W42.5 H8.5 cm

Statuario marble, Limited Edition of 50. L95.5 W42.5 H8.5 cm

LA ROSE Rose blossom hand-carved from a solid block of rare Rose quartz. Limited Edition of 12. Approximately Height: 4.7 in. (12 cm) Diameter: 4.7 in. (12 cm)

Barberini & Gunnell inside the ‘Fantiscritti’ quarry

EVERYDAY COLLECTIBLES The pure essence and beauty of marble caught in elegant shapes.

Imperial Grey

Statuario Altissimo

Pink onyx

Green onyx

Amber onyx

“Lots and lots of ants in a single row going who knows where...” Marquina marble with brass inlay.

Hand-carved presentation plates in various marbles and onyxes. Multiple use as plates, platters and placers with the possibility of composing colorful combinations. Large Medium Small 74

Imperial Grey

Marquina, Statuario

Semi precious gemstone Rose quartz

Green onyx

Orange onyx Green and White onyx White onyx

Amber onyx Calacatta Oro, Amber onyx

Azul Macaubas ‘Extra Blue’, White onyx Green Ming and White onyx

Pink onyx Pink onyx, Imperial Grey

Green and Pink onyx Pink and Green onyx

SE RV I ET T E R I NG S Set of 4 serviette rings in Marquina or Carrara marble. D7.5 H1.5 cm

Azul Macaubas Amber onyx 9

Carrara marble with eng

“Two fresh slices of pineapple are served!” Centerpiece / serving plate in Marquina or Carrara marble with Honey onyx inlay. D33 H1.5 cm

“The memory of summer echoes in the croaking of small frogs in the night” Centerpiece / serving plate in Carrara marble with Green Ming marble inlay. Large Medium

HIT THE ROAD ANTS “Lots and lots of ants in a single row going who knows where...” Centerpiece / serving plate in Marquina or Carrara marble with brass inlay. Large Medium

COASTERS Coasters in Marquina or Carrara marble with brass inlay. They can also be used as exclusive plates for finger food. Set of 4. Square Circular

Azul Macaubas

Green quartzite Statuario

AMALFI Coasters for glasses and bottles / paperweight in Azul Macaubas and Carrara marble. L11 W11 H1 cm

Hand sculpted from a solid block of Calacatta marble. Large Medium Small