Private Villa, Yunnan — bespoke marble inlay by Art Inlay
Marble medallions · 2022

Private Villa, Yunnan

Crisp monochromatic radial geometry executed in white Statuario, Grigio Carnico, and Verde Alpi, setting the tone for the entire interior entrance rotunda.

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LocationYunnan
CollectionMarble medallions
ScopeEntrance & grand stair
Completed2022
The entrance medallion, dry-fitted against the stair border.
The entrance medallion, dry-fitted against the stair border.
The brief

What this project had to solve

Crisp geometry against white Statuario — any lippage would read instantly at this contrast.

Stone palette: Statuario, Grigio Carnico, Verde Alpi.

The commission

Private Villa, Yunnan in detail

In this lakeside Kunming villa, a monumental radial medallion in the entry rotunda establishes the design language for adjoining cantilevered staircases, executed in pristine Statuario marble.

High-contrast monochrome stonework leaves zero room for error: the stark tonal difference between Statuario, Grigio Carnico, and Verde Alpi magnifies the slightest lippage or joint irregularity under raking daylight.

Each geometric facet was profiled on five-axis waterjets and hand-dressed to hairline joints. Our craftsmen laid out the radial medallion in our Jiangmen atelier, testing vein alignment against the grand stair's first riser before packing.

The finished foyer floor provides an authoritative architectural focal point, remaining immaculately flat and visually striking from both the entry doors and the overhead gallery.

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.

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