← The JournalSlab Arrival · 2024
Ceppo Viola Cosmo marble slab honed at 74 by 122 inches lifted on the crane at Royal Stone Los Angeles, pebbled conglomerate of pink, dove grey, and oxidized gold in a violet-grey matrix

Ceppo Viola Cosmo sits at the most unusual end of the Italian Viola family. It is not a vein-cut marble — it is a conglomerate, a brecciated stone where rounded pebbles and angular fragments of soft pink, dove grey, ivory and oxidized gold are suspended in a violet-grey mineral matrix. At slab scale the surface reads less like marble and more like a terrazzo composed by geology rather than by hand.

This new arrival is honed at 2cm and measures 74" × 122" — a clean usable size for a single island, a powder vanity, or a full-height fireplace surround. The honed finish is essential on Ceppo: a polish would gloss over the matrix and flatten the pebbled depth, while honed lets each fragment read as a distinct stone in its own right and keeps the violet-grey ground reading as pigment rather than shine.

This new arrival is honed at 2cm and measures 74" × 122" — a clean usable size for a single island, a powder vanity, or a full-height fireplace surround.
From the slab arrival, 2024

Ceppo Viola Cosmo is a quiet way to bring color into a project without committing to a saturated vein-cut Viola or a high-contrast Calacatta Viola. The pinks are dusty rather than bright, the golds are oxidized rather than yellow, and the overall read is closer to a faded Persian rug than to a marble statement piece. It works particularly well in primary baths, powder rooms, and bar surrounds where a softer, more textural palette is in play.

On the floor in Los Angeles. Walk it in person before it is reserved.

Tagged

MarbleCeppoCeppo Viola CosmoViolaHonedSlab Arrival

Visit the Yard

See the stone
in natural light.

Royal Stone is a working slab yard. Designers and private clients are received by appointment Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

2303 S Sepulveda Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90064