Royal Stone
Calacatta Marble · Lot MAN4499 · In Los Angeles

Calacatta Borghini
Gold.
MAN4499.

A Calacatta Borghini block pulled for its warm gold register — MAN4499 sits at the heart of the Antolini Borghini selection. Bright white ground swept with amber and ochre veins running thick and painterly across the field. Honed. 2cm. 74″ × 111″. Currently in the yard.

2cm

Gauge

74×111

Inches

Honed

Finish

2cm Calacatta Borghini Gold MAN4499 honed marble slab, 74 by 111 inches, bright white field crossed by warm amber and ochre veins, at the Royal Stone yard in Los Angeles

Calacatta Borghini Gold · Lot MAN4499 — Honed, in Los Angeles

Lot MAN4499

The gold register.

Quarried in the Apuan Alps. Selected slab-by-slab through the Antolini choice in Verona before being sawn and finished.

Calacatta Borghini is the name most people picture when they hear “Italian marble” — a bright white field crossed by bold amber and grey veins, the slab the kitchen and the bath are built around. The Gold register pulls that vein warmer: the lines shift from grey to honey and ochre, and the slab reads as light passing through raw amber rather than cold stone.

On Lot MAN4499 the white stays clean and committed, and the veins run thick and painterly across the field at full scale. Honed keeps the surface quiet — the gold stays warm without going brassy, and the slab forgives the small etching that working marble picks up over the years. The slab is one of one; the field and the veining pattern we see here will not be repeated.

This is the right Calacatta for an island that anchors a kitchen, full-height bath walls, or a fireplace surround where the slab is meant to be the room. Pair it with rift-cut oak, unlacquered brass or a quieter stone elsewhere in the house, and the gold does the work.

One Finish · Honed

Honed,
to keep the gold warm.

Lot MAN4499 ships honed. Polished would push the gold toward brassy and put reflection back on top of a vein register meant to read warm and matte. Honed softens the field, lets the amber and ochre sit quietly in the surface, and forgives the small etching that comes with a working kitchen island.

The right surface for an island, full-height bath walls, perimeter counters, and fireplace surrounds where the slab is the room.

Close view of the honed surface on 2cm Calacatta Borghini Gold MAN4499 — warm amber veins running thick across a bright white ground at the Royal Stone yard

2cm · 74″ × 111″ · Honed

Warm, matte, painterly

Honing softens the field and keeps the gold register honest — no mirror, no glare, the veins read as colour drawn into the stone rather than reflection laid on top of it. The surface sits comfortably under pendant lighting and against plaster or oak.

Spec Sheet

Lot MAN4499.
In detail.

Quarry
Apuan Alps · Carrara, Italy
Curator
Antolini (Verona) · Calacatta Borghini selection
Stone
Calacatta Marble · Gold register
Lot
MAN4499 · one-of-one
Gauge
2cm (3cm by special order)
Format
74" × 111" slab
Finish
Honed
Vein register
Gold — warm amber and ochre painterly veining on a bright white field
Application
Kitchen islands, full-height bath walls, fireplace surrounds, perimeter counters, vanities
In stock
Royal Stone · South Sepulveda Boulevard · Los Angeles

Calacatta Borghini · In the Yard

Other Borghini
lots on the floor.

Related Calacatta Borghini and Borghini-family slabs currently in the Royal Stone yard — same quarry, different cuts and finishes.

140 slabs

Common Questions

Questions,answered.

What is Calacatta Borghini Gold?
Calacatta Borghini Gold is the warm register of the Antolini Calacatta Borghini family. Same Apuan Alps ground and same Antolini selection in Verona, but cut for warmer amber and ochre veining rather than the cooler grey register the Borghini name is most often associated with. The white stays bright, and the vein warms the whole slab up.
Is Lot MAN4499 available in polished?
Honed is what the block was selected for. Polished would push the gold veins toward brassy and put reflection back on top of a register meant to read warm and matte. If you need a polished slab we will lay out Calacatta Borghini options in that finish alongside MAN4499 on the floor.
How is Borghini Gold different from regular Calacatta Borghini?
Regular Calacatta Borghini — the YG575 fluted lot and the Antolini Macchia Vecchia reserves — is a bold grey-veined stone. Borghini Gold keeps the bright field and pulls the vein warm: amber, ochre, honey. Both are refined through the same Verona selection and both read as luxurious, but the temperature is different.
Is honed Calacatta Borghini good for kitchen countertops?
Honed is the most forgiving Calacatta finish in a working kitchen. The matte surface softens everyday etching and lets the gold register read warm rather than brassy. Most designers and homeowners accept the lived-in patina as part of the material; sealing buys time on spills. For a maintenance-free alternative with similar visual character, see Taj Mahal quartzite.
Can Lot MAN4499 be bookmatched?
Bookmatching is available on selected blocks. Lot MAN4499 ships as a single slab; pairs and matched sets are quote-on-request depending on the layout. Bring the drawings and we will lay the options out on the floor for you.
How do I see Lot MAN4499 in person?
Royal Stone is at 2303 South Sepulveda Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Designers and private clients are welcome by appointment Monday through Friday. Call (310) 477-3223 or send a note through the contact page and we will pull the slab for you.

Visit the Yard

Walk Lot MAN4499,
in daylight.

Gold reads differently in person than it does in any photograph — the veins are warmer, the field brighter, the scale more generous. Lot MAN4499 is one of one; we’d rather pull it and walk you through it than describe it from a photo.

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