Terrazzo Tiles Italy

Designed in italy nwt terrazzo is a unique blend of natural materials including marble aggregates portland cement organic pigments and water.

Terrazzo tiles italy.

The final product consists of more than 75 natural stone offering an original material with a distinct architectural value and an excellent technical performance. This mix once in place is then polished to give a deep lustrous sheen. Terrazzo is easily customisable and suitable for all decorative projects in tiles slabs worktops objects or modular furniture. The traditional charge of terrazzo tiles.

Configurator known throughout the world under different names terrazzo tiles baldosa etc terrazzo tile was one of the first materials created from the chips left over from work with marble and stone bound with cement coloured with natural oxides and blended with water. For our foraged collection we took north american woodsy earth tones think mushrooms fiddle ferns and river washed rocks and using traditional italian machinery created a terrazzo line in six color ways. Terrazzo in the form we know it today first appeared during the 1800s in venice italy. Terrazzio is truly unlike any other flooring company.

After the hardening stage the terrazzo surface is polished 2 to 5mm to reveal the beauty of the decorative chips. Italian natural stone and terrazzo tile grassi pietre grassi pietre the italian trademark for vicenza stone grassi pietre started working in nanto vicenza italy in 1850. Terrazzio tiles are manufactured for long term use and are easy to maintain. Since then grassi pietre is also synonymous of vicenza stone extracted from colli berici in the family owned quarries.

Known originally as venetian pavements pavimento alla veneziana it consists of small scraps of marble glass quartz and other materials sealed within a cement like mortar. Mosaic factory holds a stock of all marble colours in larger pieces or smaller chips. Our large format tiles offer a sleek sophisticated modern feel while providing the look of traditional poured in place terrazzo. Imagine a river bed of smooth water worn stone encased in a solid form and you have foraged terrazzo.

Each terrazzo tile pairs with one of our cement colors with the smooth river polished stone aggregate remaining the same in each tile.