Subhash Emporium (also known as the Marble Emporium) is widely acclaimed for
reviving and promoting the ancient art of "Prachinkari in marble" (marble
inlay art) and is considered the top manufacturer and exporter of inlay
table-tops, boxes, vases, coasters, plates and marble handicrafts. You can
find the best quality pieces at fair prices here.
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Subhash Emporium Shop.
Items that are put up on sale at Subhash Emporium are trays, tabletops,
candle holders and lamp bases.
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Besides, the emporium also houses a private gallery where you can
expect to see some stunning artwork of the local artisans.
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Of all those items that are sold here, the models of Taj Mahal are the
most popular ones.
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Cutting and polishing colored stones.
Pietra dura or pietre dure, called parchin kari or
parchinkari in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay
technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to
create images. It is considered a decorative art.
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It first appeared in Rome in the 16th century, reaching its full
maturity in Florence.
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Assembling the colored stones (left).
The stonework, after the work is assembled loosely, is glued
stone-by-stone to a substrate after having previously been "sliced and
cut in different shape sections; and then assembled together so
precisely that the contact between each section was practically
invisible".
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It is distinct from mosaic in that the component stones are mostly
much larger and cut to a shape suiting their place in the image, not
all of roughly equal size and shape as in mosaic.
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In pietra dura, the stones are not cemented together with
grout, and works in pietra dura are often portable.
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