Pairing · Dining
Calacatta Viola, the one piece in the room.
Calacatta Viola is a stone that leads: ivory fragments held in burgundy veins. Give it one strong piece, a dining table, a bar front or a fireplace, and keep everything around it warm and plain.
One strong piece, a quiet room.
The table is the pattern. Plain walls, a timber floor and dark wood chairs give the burgundy room to read.
Table top and pedestal
Calacatta Viola marble
A thick top on a pedestal in the same stone. The top is cut from a slab and the pedestal from block, so the two are close in character but not identical. We mark the part of the slab you like on the photograph before cutting.
Floor, if you want stone underfoot
Ivory travertine
A pale, quiet travertine that stays out of the way; or keep the floor in smoked oak.
Timber, metal and colour.
Warm, deep finishes pick up the burgundy; pale ones let the ivory read.
Smoked oak
For the floor; deep enough to ground the table.
Dark walnut
For the chairs and sideboard.
Aged brass
For the pendant and small details; warmer than polished gold.
Warm white limewash
For the walls, so the stone is the only pattern.
Avoid a second patterned stone in the room, and avoid cool greys: both fight the burgundy.
The stone itself, before anything is cut.
The balance of ivory and burgundy changes across each slab. For a table, we show you where the top comes from on the slab before we cut.
Calacatta Viola, or one of these?
Three bold stones for a single statement piece.
See the Calacatta Viola slabs available now.
Tell us the table size or the piece you have in mind. We send photographs of current Calacatta Viola slabs and mark where your piece would be cut.