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C H E ST O F D R AW E R S
C H E ST O F D R AW E R S
MARBLE TOP
FEATURING VARIEGATED RED VEINING,
SARRANCOLIN IS A PRESTIGIOUS VARIETY
OF MARBLE USED FOR SHEATHINGS AND
DECORATIONS. IT IS PRIMARILY USED
POLISHED. SO CALLED FROM THE TOWN
IN THE FRENCH PYRENEES FROM WHICH
THE MARBLE WAS EXTRACTED AS FAR
BACK AS THE MIDDLE AGES, IN THE 18TH
CENTURY IT BECAME ONE OF THE “ROYAL
MARBLES” USED TO DECORATE THE MOST
SUMPTUOUS HALLS OF THE PALACE OF
VERSAILLES, THE PETIT TRIANON AND
LATER THE OPÉRA GARNIER IN PARIS.
AMONG THE GREAT MASTERPIECES MADE
WITH THIS MARBLE IS THE FINISHING OF
THE MAJESTIC FIREPLACE IN THE HERCULES
SALON MADE FOR LOUIS XV AT VERSAILLES.
NAPOLEON
