Antique Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Floral Inlay Marble Desk Top Obelisk, Thermometer frame The stitches are small -

The stitches are small - something between grospoint and petitpoint

jotting visiting schedules and etc

as is or with your special decorative touch

all pieces fit perfectly and the box itself is in great shape

They're completely sanitized

Antique Italian Grand Tour Pietra Dura Floral Inlay Marble Desk Top Obelisk, Thermometer frame The stitches are small -All over Rome one sees the ancient obelisks from Egypt, brought as spoils of the early expansion of the Roman Empire over 2000 years ago, and the repetition of that ancient form here, in Italian marble and by 19th century Italian artisans, is a Grand Tour souvenir that must have thrilled early travelers as much as these do us today. The rare form makes a fabulous grouping, desktop, as you know. These are rather rare, most having given over to the