Natural stone and solid timber used in a Brewstini furniture commission

Natural stone furniture

Natural stone furniture balanced with solid timber

Marble, onyx and travertine

The slab sets the direction.

Natural stone is not a colour swatch. The veining, movement and balance of each slab change how a top should be cut and what the base beneath it needs to do. Selection happens for the individual commission, not from a generic sample alone.

Close view of natural stone furniture material and construction

Designing with stone

Protected at the edge, supported through the centre.

Stone performs best when its weight and vulnerable edges are considered from the first drawing. Timber can frame an arris, soften contact points and give the piece something repairable where daily knocks are most likely.

In the work

Pieces using this material

Discuss a material
Rectangular walnut coffee table with an inset Rosso Levanto top and brass sabots, photographed against a plain white wall.

Coffee table

Rosso Levanto marble, solid walnut, brass sabots

Dining table with a Verde Alpi marble top on two solid walnut plinths, photographed against a plain plaster wall.

Dining table

Verde Alpi marble, solid walnut

Round Verde Alpi coffee table on a square walnut plinth, photographed against a plain plaster wall.

Coffee table

Verde Alpi marble, solid walnut plinth

Round travertine coffee table on a square walnut plinth, standing on bare boards against unfinished plaster.

Coffee table

Roman travertine, solid walnut plinth