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

Private Villa, Yunnan

Delivered for a Yunnan villa: an entrance medallion and staircase inlay in crisp geometry against white Statuario, carrying the whole interior. Statuario, Grigio Carnico, Verde Alpi, cut on the waterjet to ±0.1mm and dry-assembled in the Jiangmen atelier before crating.

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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.

Delivered for a Yunnan villa: an entrance medallion and staircase inlay in crisp geometry against white Statuario, carrying the whole interior.

The commission

Private Villa, Yunnan in detail

This Yunnan villa pairs an entrance medallion and staircase inlay with white Statuario — a high-contrast scheme where any lippage, drift or open joint would be instantly visible. The geometry had to be exact.

The medallion was plotted from a single centre and cut from Statuario, Grigio Carnico and Verde Alpi to ±0.1mm, then dry-fitted against the stair border before crating. The staircase inlay follows the same geometry up the flight.

Installed, the crisp white field and dark inlay carry the whole interior — the entrance medallion setting the tone the moment the door opens.

Statuario is unforgiving of a poor setting-out, so the field was re-checked against the stair stringer before cutting. The finished floor has a single centre and a single border line, legible from the entrance and from the landing above.

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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