The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble

Although man has been working with marble since the beginning of civilization, it’s not an easy job. Crafting a beautiful, high-quality marble furniture piece requires the expertise of world-class craftsmen. And though technology has replaced the actions of many hand tools, it still takes superior skill to create a quality, detailed furniture design with often-intricate details. At Boca do Lobo we use only the finest Marble stones, that are hand-turned by our skilled artisans, to create exquisite designs. Another trick up our sleeve is our mastering of the faux-marble technique.

Intrigued? Discover everything about Marble Work and Faux-Marble in Boca do Lobo collections.

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Marble can be tricky for inexperienced fabricators. It’s softer and more delicate than granite and other stones. The world’s most skilled craftsmen know the attributes of each individual stone and use their talents to bring out the unique beauty of each one. Boca do Lobo uses in its furniture designs 8 types of Marble stones: Estremoz, Calacatta, Nero Marquina, Carrara, Emperador, Laponia green, Sahara Noir and Travertine

Estremoz Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble

Estremoz marble is a natural stone with Portuguese origins with a very fine grain and it may present some occasional light pink or brown coloured areas. Perfect for applications with a modern and contemporary design it’s mainly used for interior design projects. An extremely elegant marble, Estremoz may be used in various projects for interior design as staircases, precious floorings and facings, fireplaces, decorative objects and home decorations, stylish bathrooms and modern and contemporary kitchen designs and tops.

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Calacatta Marble

Calacatta Marble is distinctive with its thick, bold veining. Rather than the plentiful soft veins of a marble-like Carrara, Calacatta’s hallmark is fewer but more dramatic and unstructured veins. Overall the colour has a global appeal with designers and architects due to its soothing white background, veining, and colour tone. The whiter the background, the more expensive and desirable these marbles get.

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The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
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Nero Marquina Marble

The Nero Marquina is one of the most important marbles from Spain, having a very strong and well-established market both in Spain and throughout the World. It is considered a reference Spanish black marble, having conquered designers and architects from different corners of the World. An amazing look, with a deep and genuine black colour, even the white vein variation has a beautiful appearance, with the strong contrast between the dark black and the well-defined white vein.

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Carrara Marble

Some of the most famous sculptors have worked with Carrara Marble, and that’s one of the reasons some people consider this stone the epitome of marble! The white Carrara Marble is homogenous, with a white to grey ground colour, shining grains and smoky grey veins, which run through the stone irregulary.  

The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
Emperador Marble

Emperador Marble comes in different shades of brown, and it’s quarried from three regions of Spain, recognized as one of the most famous Spanish marbles! It is quite easy to combine Emperador marble with any other type of material when it comes to interior design, due to the soft tone, which is also able to transmit warmth and comfort to ambiences.

The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble

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Laponia Green Marble

Laponia green Marble is a sophisticated and exceptional green and white marble, with light veining. Quarried mostly in Germany and in Norway, this type of marble enhances beautiful and modern interiors.

The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
Sahara Noir Marble

The Sahara Noir is a dark black marble with white, brown and golden veins of different size and length. This stone is quarried in Tunisia and it can have different uses in an interior design project, like wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, stairs, window and furniture, like Boca do Lobo’s exclusive pieces.

The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble
Travertine Marble

The Travertine stone has been used for ages in the construction of public buildings, like palaces, basilicas, temples. Besides holding a great deal of strength, it also possesses spectacular beauty. This type of marble is also used by Boca do Lobo, in order to create high quality and luxurious pieces.

The Wonders Of Craftsmanship – Details Of Marble Work and Faux-Marble

Besides working with Marble stones, Boca do Lobo also uses the faux-marble technique in some of its most recent furniture designs. But what exactly is faux-marble?

Marbleizing or faux marbling is the preparation and finishing of a surface to imitate the appearance of polished marble. It is typically used in projects where the cost or weight of genuine marble would be prohibitive. Faux marble is a special case of faux painting used to create the distinctive and varied patterns of marble.

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Other techniques for producing faux marble include Scagliola, an expensive process which involves the use of specially pigmented plasters, and terrazzo. Some professional faux finishers are very skilled and will use a variety of techniques to reproduce the colours, veining and lustre of real marble or other building materials. However, many decorators will merely suggest the appearance of marble rather than accurately imitate a particular stone.

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