Private Residence, Cambodia
Grand reception medallions paired with eleven museum-grade pietre dure panels hand-fitted in Persian lapis lazuli and Congolese malachite.
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What this project had to solve
Eleven pictorial panels fitted to a 0.8mm joint — each bird and branch hand-closed at the bench.
Stone palette: Bianco Carrara, Nero Marquina.
Private Residence, Cambodia in detail
Commissioned for a private estate in Phnom Penh, this project combines grand foyer marble medallions with a suite of eleven museum-grade pietre dure wall panels depicting tropical botanical fauna and avian species.
Every pictorial panel required hundreds of individual hardstone components: Persian lapis lazuli for plumage, Congolese malachite for tropical leaves, and jasper for branches, hand-sawn and micro-ground to fit with zero visible filler.
Pre-mounted on rigid composite honeycomb backing panels in our atelier, the delicate stone marquetry was stabilized against tropical ambient humidity while remaining lightweight for structural wall mounting.
The panels were shipped in shock-mounted timber crates alongside complete floor border assemblies, arriving ready for mechanical bracket installation without risk of stone cleavage.
From drawing to crating
Full-size drawing
The pattern is drawn 1:1 on the atelier floor before any stone is cut, so proportions are settled at the scale you will walk on.
Stone selection
Blocks and slabs are chosen against the drawing, vein by vein, and photographed for your approval.
Waterjet cutting
Multi-axis waterjet cuts every piece direct from the approved CAD file, held to ±0.1mm across the whole figure.
Dry assembly & crating
The composition is assembled, inspected and numbered on the factory floor, then crated with a setting plan.