This Pietre Dure Cabochon Mod75 belongs to De Ferranti’s custom series of pietre dure cabochons, or keystones, for floor and wall decoration. At 10 × 10 × 2 cm, the solid sculptural inlay depicts a duck-like bird with a patterned chest. The series interprets classic British game birds in richly layered stone. De Ferranti is also commissioned for marine forms including sea urchins, octopi and shells, alongside project-specific motifs that may be quietly naturalistic or more boldly stylised. The craft can be adapted to a project’s drawings, stone palette and decorative language rather than treated as a fixed catalogue exercise.

Pietre Dure Cabochon Mod75: Speckled Plumage in Stone

A dense scatter of pale and rust-toned pieces creates lively plumage against the black square, giving the image a tactile, almost mosaic-like rhythm. The visible palette of brown, rust and white speckling demonstrates how carefully chosen mineral colour can describe feathers, beak and contour without paint.

Within the same series, Cabochons in Pietre Dure (mod74) and Cabochons in Pietre Dure (mod76) provide useful comparisons in silhouette and mineral colour. The Mosaics – All Disciplines collection broadens the reference towards related cut-stone work, while the Semi-Precious Tile & Slab collection helps position the cabochon within a larger De Ferranti surface or floor scheme.

Grouping Cabochons Across a Scheme

A Pietre Dure Cabochon Mod75 can operate as a single centre point, repeated accent or part of a larger composition. Review a full-size sample or project drawing before fixing orientation, joint alignment and spacing. In a grouped arrangement, measured intervals help each bird remain legible and allow the surrounding stone to frame the motif. Confirm the proposed substrate, field material and installation method with De Ferranti before specification.

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