Viola,
in Los Angeles.
Italy’s violet marbles — Calacatta Viola, Viola Brecciato, Ceppo Viola Cosmo. A small family of stones with no quiet equivalent: a white field shattered by veins of aubergine, plum and bruise.
Calacatta Viola — Honed
On Viola
No. 01.2
Quarried in the Apuan Alps and the Verona basin. Output is small, lots are irregular, and the slabs vary materially block to block.
Viola is rare on purpose. The veins of manganese and iron that give the stone its color appear unpredictably in the block, and a single quarry will produce both quiet honey-toned slabs and the saturated, near-magenta pieces designers fly in to see. The supply is small enough that we sometimes hold a slab for a specific kitchen for months.
Within the family: Calacatta Viola pairs a clean white ground with bold violet veining; Viola Brecciato breaks the field into angular fragments held by mineral; Ceppo Viola Cosmo carries pebbled inclusions in a darker matrix. Each behaves differently in light and at scale.
Viola is most often specified for the room’s single sculptural object — a powder bath, a fireplace, a bar back, a primary suite vanity. Honed reads soft; polished pushes the violet toward true purple. We’ll pull the slab for you to walk in daylight.
Rare
Supply
2cm
Standard Gauge
1 of 1
Every Slab
Viola · In the Yard
Viola,
currently on the floor.
Violet-veined Italian marbles in stock now. Tap any slab for the full study.
4 slabs
Visit the Yard
Walk a Viola slab
in natural light.
Slabs are one-of-one. We’d rather pull the piece for you to see than describe it from a photograph. Designers and private clients are welcome by appointment.