Sienna Marble

Sienna Marble is quarried in Northern Italy in areas around the town of the same name. It is one of the most beautiful of all the marbles having a color range from Violet; the Italians call it the Violet Marble because of its striking veins, through Indian Red, Sienna, Prussian Blue, and White.

The marble manufacturer working on the real marble, cutting and polishing, must choose the best vein shapes and design for their aesthetic quality. Some slabs of this marble may have large areas of very little veining while others have masses of dark blue/violet veins. The marbler, when choosing a model to imitate, must also consider the balance of color and veining.

Whichever design is chosen the overall appearance should be one of large and small areas of sienna clouded color fused in a petrified liquid of violet veins. The color strength can change but if the colors are used it will always be recognized as Sienna marble.

First attempts at imitating this variegated marble produced similar shapes and sizes but with practice and growing experience, shapes that are more natural were achieved.