Statuario Bettogli Marble

statuario bettogli marble

Marble “Statuario”, also called “Statuario Bettogli”, is a type of white marble extracted in the territory of the municipality of Carrara in the Apuan Alps region, in Tuscany, Italy. It is known for its unique beauty and elegant gray veins on a white background.

“Statuario” marble has been used for centuries in many world-famous works of art and architecture. For example, it was used to create internationally renowned statues and sculptures, such as Michelangelo’s David and Giovanni de Medici’s Pietà.

It is particularly appreciated for its unique beauty and durability. It is considered one of the finest marbles in the world and is particularly popular in Italy and other European countries, such as France and Germany as well as the United States and emerging countries such as China and India. However, it is appreciated and used all over the world for its striking beauty, recognizable from a great distance, which characterizes and makes each environment unique, especially in the so-called “book-matched” installation which emphasizes its harmonious symmetries.

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The Statuario variety gives its name to the large family of products that as a whole are defined as Statuario but – case by case – are declined in different varieties. Statuario is an extremely prestigious material and appreciated even in the most demanding markets such as the United States, it boasts globally many applications in the field of Interior Architecture and Furnishing: today Statuario is an established material and in a further growing trend for its very elegant appearance and strong personality that gives it a strong iconic imprint, representing a real status symbol for the setting that uses it, thanks to the cold and very clean white background and the unmistakable cold gray veins called in jargon ” stick” that characterize the main texture, giving the aesthetics of the finished products an impact of strong elegance and class.

origin and extraction

Extracted in the province of Massa-Carrara, in the portion of Mount Bettogli opposite the sea.
Since the 1970s the quarry has been cultivated with diamond wire in the open without the use of explosives and worked with the classic method of overturning the bank, the sello Statuario di Bettogli quarry was the first to implement the certification of sustainability and environmental impact as well as certify the Product Life Cycle (Life Cycle Assessment): these acknowledgments do nothing but make known a work began over ten years ago thanks to which all the extraction technologies have been reviewed and improved one by one, implementing every possible solution once to improve production efficiency, safety and reduce the environmental impact.

Grain, background and veins

Very fine grain, not visible to the naked eye.
Background Pure or almost pure cold white, with nuances sometimes on very light blue tones that sometimes veer on delicate green tones.
Iconic gray veining, unique in the world, a symbol of elegance and character, with a thousand shapes and inclinations, often sometimes decisive and marked, isolated like a stick in the snow, sometimes softer as if to form a written texture.

technical details

Material

Marble

Product

Statuario

Variety

Statuario Bettogli

Country of Origin

Italy

Region

Toscana

Province

Background color

White

Vein color

Gray

Texture

Veined