PAIR OF "MARBLE ORDERS", "OPUS SECTILE"
Pair of "Marble Salesmen". One of the peculiarities of "Commessi Marmorei" is the combination of different pieces with great precision, in order to make the joints almost invisible. Opus sectile in marble. The opus sectile is considered one of the most refined and prestigious marble ornament techniques, both for the materials used (among the rarest and therefore expensive marbles) and for the difficulty of realization, having to dissect the marble into very fine sheets (" crustae "), model it with great precision and use the most diverse qualities of marble to obtain the desired chromatic effects. It differs from the mosaic in that it is not useful