White Italian Marble Box – Stone Box – Pooja accessory – Hand Crafted box – Multi Purpose Use & Perfect Gifts for Women and Girls – jewelry box – Inlay work box- floral motifs – 5 inch

An elegant and beautiful marble Italian inlay work Hand Crafted hexagon 5 x 5 innch box with blue, red and green floral motifs adds just that lovely extra touch of class. This beautiful box is used as a jewelry box, gift giving purpose, sewing tool storage box and also used for decoration. Marble inlay craft is one of the oldest forms of craft from Uttar Pradesh. First a predefined pattern, like a floral or geometrical design is engraved on the marble slab. After this, small pieces of marble of different shades are cut delicately to precisely fit and are slipped into these grooves. Apart from marble, other stones are also used to adorn the marble inlay spaces. The origins of Inlay work can be traced back to Italy around the end of the 16th century. The craft known as “PIETRA DURA” translates to ‘hard’ (dura) and ‘stone’ (pietra). This beautiful craft found its way to the resplendent Mughal courts of the Emperors in faraway India. Origin: India Color: white Material: Italian marble