ABK Group has run its kilns in the Sassuolo ceramic district of Emilia-Romagna since 1992, and Statuario is the white-marble look the mill builds its reputation on — the cool, almost luminous white field with directional grey veining that takes its name from the Apuan quarries above Carrara. This batch landed in 63" × 126" (roughly 160 × 320 cm) at 1.2cm gauge, honed face, full-bodied.

How it reads against Calacatta. Where Calacatta runs warm — honey-gold and amber passages threaded across the white — Statuario stays cool. The veining is grey on white, the secondary network is silvery and structural rather than painterly, and the white ground itself reads slightly brighter and cleaner. In a room with a lot of natural light it photographs as a near-pure white surface; under warm tungsten the greys hold their cool register without going blue. It is the white-marble look for designs that don't want gold in the room.

Why this format, in this gauge. 63" × 126" is the working architectural size for large-format porcelain — kitchens, baths, fireplace surrounds, full-height shower walls, vanity faces. At 1.2cm the panel is light enough to handle as wall material and dense enough to fabricate as a counter with a built-up edge. Through-body construction means a mitered corner shows the same Statuario field on the edge, not a porcelain biscuit underneath. Honed face stays matte under daylight and reads close to a honed Statuario marble at arm's length.

Where it belongs. Kitchens and baths where the design wants the cool-white marble look without the etching, sealing, and patina conversation that comes with natural Statuario — porcelain is non-porous, citrus-proof, and dimensionally consistent panel to panel. Outdoor kitchens and pool surrounds, where the white stays UV-stable. Commercial work where a single material has to run floor-to-wall-to-counter across a large footprint without grout joints reading as a tile field.

On the floor at Royal Stone. The 63" × 126" Statuario porcelain panels are stocked now in the showroom alongside the matching ABK Calacatta Gold panels and the rest of the Italian large-format program. Walk both whites side by side in daylight, take samples, and we'll quote from current inventory. Designers and architects working in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu — call the yard at 2303 South Sepulveda.