Fioranese Sound of Marbles Marble-Effect Porcelain Tiles

Sound of Marbles by Fioranese — marble-effect porcelain in five marbles, each in a matt and a polished finish across seven sizes from a 74x148 slab down to a 15x15. Alongside the classic cream, black and white it offers a powder pink and a deep green, which is not something most marble ranges attempt.

Sound of Marbles takes marble apart. Where a conventional marble-effect tile reproduces a slab, this one cuts the stone into diagonals, curves and blocks and reassembles them — the decors were drawn by Neropaco for Fioranese, and there are six geometric subjects that combine with the plain tiles or with each other.

The five marbles

Beige Antico is a warm cream with soft movement, the easiest of the five to live with. Rosa Cipria is a powder pink with grey veining — unusual, and the one that makes the collection distinctive. Screziato Vivace is a lively white with strongly mottled grey. Nero Fondo is a deep black with white veins. Verde Intenso is a saturated green, the boldest choice in the range.

Specification

• Material: Glazed porcelain stoneware, gres porcellanato + (EN 14411:2012 Annex G Group BIa GL)
• Thickness: 10mm
• Shade variation: V2 — slight variation in tone and pattern
• Slip & wear (matt): R9, DCOF wet 0.42, BCRA dry and wet > 0.40
• Traffic: residential; light traffic in the matt finish
• Finishes: Matt Rettificato and Levigato Rettificato (polished)
• Sizes: 74x148, 74x74, 60x60, 30x60, 30x30, 7.3x30 and 15x15 rectified
• Application: Internal floors and walls. The polished finish suits floors only in ordinary traffic protected from grit by matting
• Health: hypoallergenic surface, non-porous and free of harmful emissions
• Durability: fireproof, colourfast and unaffected by UV
• Sustainability: LEED® compliant, made in Italy

Matt or polished

The matt is the practical choice underfoot: it hides marks, it is not slippery wet, and on Beige Antico or Screziato Vivace it reads close to honed stone. The polished has considerably more depth and is what makes Verde Intenso and Nero Fondo actually carry — but it shows footmarks and fine scratching. In a bathroom the usual answer is matt on the floor and polished on the walls in the same marble.

Combining the marbles

This collection is built to be mixed rather than laid plain. The seven sizes share a module, so a 30x30 field can meet a 7.3x30 brick run and a 15x15 chequer without the joints fighting. Rosa Cipria with Nero Fondo is the pairing Fioranese photograph most, and Verde Intenso works as a single feature against Beige Antico. The Neropaco decors are listed separately and are the reason to look at the collection at all.

Trims, mosaics and decors

Battiscopa in two lengths and both finishes, three mosaics (5x5, Esagoni and Weave) and the FIOmood decors in two colours and two sizes are all listed as separate products.

Ordering & delivery

• Minimum order: 5m²
• Sold by: the m² for field tiles, decors and the 5x5 mosaic; per piece for battiscopa and for the Esagoni and Weave sheets
• Prices: inclusive of VAT. Nero Fondo and Verde Intenso carry a premium over the other three colours
• Full pallet: reduced rate applied automatically on m² field lines — battiscopa and mosaics are special pieces and are not eligible
• Delivery: 4–6 weeks, ordered from Italy. Delivery is charged after purchase, calculated on the weight of your order — we will confirm the cost with you before despatch
• Allow 10% over your measured area for cuts and future repairs

See it before you buy

Rosa Cipria in particular is very hard to judge on screen — it photographs either too pink or too grey, and the veining is large enough that a small image only shows you a fragment. Samples of all five marbles are available to order, and the range is on display at our luxury interiors showroom in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Our team can help with combinations, quantities, trims and adhesive specification. Call 01782 617517 or email sales@homeofclay.co.uk for a quotation or to arrange a visit.