Private Residence of Mr. Omer, Tanzania — bespoke marble inlay by Art Inlay
Marble medallions · 2024

Private Residence of Mr. Omer, Tanzania

A monumental six-meter circular entrance medallion engineered into twelve interlocking radial segments with concealed boundary seams.

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LocationTanzania
CollectionMarble medallions
ScopeEntrance medallion & reception
Completed2024
The estate medallion at full size on the factory floor before crating.
The estate medallion at full size on the factory floor before crating.
The brief

What this project had to solve

A 6-metre medallion for a private estate, cut in segments that had to close invisibly on site.

Stone palette: Crema Marfil, Nero Marquina, Giallo Siena.

The commission

Private Residence of Mr. Omer, Tanzania in detail

Commissioned for the palatial private residence of Mr. Omer in Tanzania, this landmark project centered on an extraordinary six-meter circular entrance medallion featuring radiating acanthus rosettes and geometric interlacing.

Transporting a single stone monolith of this scale is impossible. The medallion was segmented into twelve interlocking radial sections, engineered with interlocking puzzle-joints camouflaged along leaf contours.

Crafted from Crema Marfil, Nero Marquina, and Spanish Giallo Siena, the full circle was dry-assembled and laser-checked in our Jiangmen workshop, photographed at scale, and tagged with precision brass registration dowels.

The entire assembly was crated with custom lifting harnesses and step-by-step assembly diagrams, allowing the project contractor to complete setting within four days.

How we make it

From drawing to crating

01

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.

02

Stone selection

Blocks and slabs are chosen against the drawing, vein by vein, and photographed for your approval.

03

Waterjet cutting

Multi-axis waterjet cuts every piece direct from the approved CAD file, held to ±0.1mm across the whole figure.

04

Dry assembly & crating

The composition is assembled, inspected and numbered on the factory floor, then crated with a setting plan.

On site

The finished work, photographed

Commissions

Every commission begins with a drawing.

Send the plan, a sketch or a photograph of a floor you admire. We return a material study, a full-size cut plan and an itemised quotation.

Reply within one working day · quotation within three