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Turtle Illusion is one of the more pictorial quartzites Antolini imports — a pale celadon-and-cream field organised into rounded cells, each cell outlined in soft russet brown. Held at the right distance it does read like a tortoise shell pressed into stone, which is where the name comes from.

Honed rather than polished, the surface stays quiet and matte — the right move for a material this graphic.
From the slab arrival, 2024-12

Honed rather than polished, the surface stays quiet and matte — the right move for a material this graphic. Polished would push the cellular pattern toward novelty; honed lets it sit as architecture.

Slab dimension is 72″ × 110″. Specify on a powder vanity, a small island, or a fireplace surround where the pattern can read as a single composition. On the floor.

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