Italian Travertine
Cross Cut.
2cm
Gauge
72×110
Inches
1 Slab
On the Floor
Italian Travertine Cross Cut — Filled & Honed, in Los Angeles
Italian Travertine · Cross Cut
Cream cloud register.
Quarried in Tivoli, Italy, dressing classical Roman cream cloud register.
Cross cut means the slab is cut perpendicular to the bedding plane, so the bedding lines present as cream cloud rather than as bedding lines. The slab reads softer and more classical-contemporary than the vein-cut slabs of the family — the right stone when the brief is cream travertine with cloud movement.
At 72″ × 110″, the slab sizes for working kitchen spans, primary bath composition, fireplace surrounds, full-height cladding, and feature walls. Filled closes the voids; honed brings the field to a clean matte contemporary surface.
The right Italian Travertine when the brief is classical cream with a cloud register. Pair with plaster, oak millwork, terracotta, a darker stone elsewhere as counterpoint.
One Finish · Cross Cut Filled & Honed
Cross Cut,
to draw the stone as cloud.
Cross cut presents the bedding lines as cream cloud rather than as warm layered lines. Filled-and-honed keeps the field matte and contemporary. The slab reads as classical cream Italian travertine with cloud movement.
The right finish for working kitchens, primary baths, fireplace surrounds, full-height cladding, and any application where classical cream cloud reads correctly.
2cm · 72″ × 110″ · Cross Cut Filled & Honed
Classical cream, cross-cut, cloud
Cross-cutting presents the bedding lines as cream cloud; honed brings the field to a clean matte. The slab sits calmly against plaster, oak, and terracotta.
Spec Sheet
Italian Travertine Cross Cut.
In detail.
- Quarry
- Tivoli, Italy
- Stone
- Italian Travertine · classical cream · cross-cut · filled
- Gauge
- 2cm (3cm by special order)
- Cut
- Cross-cut perpendicular to bedding plane
- Fill
- Filled · color-matched resin
- Finish
- Honed (filled-and-polished and filled-leathered by special order)
- Application
- Working kitchens, primary bath composition, fireplace surrounds, full-height cladding, dining tables
- In stock
- Royal Stone · South Sepulveda Boulevard · Los Angeles
Travertine · In the Yard
Other Italian
Travertine on the floor.
Related Italian travertine slabs currently in the Royal Stone yard — vein-cut Roman, Silver, Classico Light Stratos, and other classical cream registers.
22 slabs
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2cm Antolini Black Label Platinum Travertine Vein Cut Leathered 66" × 110"
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2cm Antolini Travertino Classico Light EE352 Stratos 67" × 101"
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2cm Antolini Travertino Platinum Black Label Stratos 69" × 119"
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2cm Italian Ivory Travertine Vein Cut Filled & Honed 57" × 106"
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2cm Italian Ivory Travertine Vein Cut Unfilled 59" × 109"
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2cm Italian Silver Travertine Unfilled Vein Cut Honed 69" × 118"
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2cm Roman Italian Travertine — Vein Cut, Filled & Honed, 63″ × 123″
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2cm Titanium Brown Travertine — Vein Cut, TEND 3D Finish, Unfilled
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2cm Travertino Sandblasted Cemento Vein Cut Ivory 63" × 116"
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30 Slabs Now on the Floor · 2cm Travertino Titanium Charcoal Honed and Unfilled 73" × 122"
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Antolini Black Fill Travertine
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Antolini Ivory Petris Travertine — Vein Cut, Unfilled, Lot 15728
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Antolini Travertine Premium Fluted 65″ × 114″
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Arabescato Corchia Italian Marble Slab Honed
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Breccia Capraia Wow Marble — Polished, Lot YG954
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Fior di Pesco Carnico Marble — Matt, Lot EH821
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Henraux Italian Travertine Unfilled Sandblasted 76" × 123"
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Honey Onyx Cross Cut Polished 102" × 69"
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Silver Travertine Ocean Blue Filled Trav Henraux
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Travertino Titanium Honed and Filled
Material Study
Italian Marble in Los Angeles
Common Questions
Questions,answered.
- What is Italian Travertine Cross Cut?
- Italian Travertine Cross Cut pulls the classical cream register of the Tivoli family in cross-cut form — the slab is cut perpendicular to the bedding plane so the bedding lines present as cream cloud rather than as warm layered lines. Filled closes the voids; honed brings the field to a clean matte.
- Where does Cross Cut Italian Travertine work best?
- In the room where the brief is classical cream with cloud register. A working kitchen span, a primary bath composed entirely of stone, a fireplace surround, a full-height feature wall, a dining table top. Pair with plaster, oak millwork, terracotta, a darker stone elsewhere as counterpoint.
- Is Cross Cut Italian Travertine good for a working kitchen?
- Yes — filled-and-honed is the right finish for working kitchens. Cream cross-cut reads as warmth without competing veining, the slab forgives everyday etching better than marble does, and the cream register hides the small darkening that travertine sometimes picks up at the cut edges over years.
- How is Cross Cut different from Roman Vein Cut?
- Both are Italian travertine slabs, but different cuts. Roman Vein Cut runs the bedding lines parallel to the surface — drawn as warm layered cream. Italian Travertine Cross Cut runs the bedding lines perpendicular to the surface — drawn as cream cloud. Two different reads of Tivoli cream.
- How is Cross Cut different from Antolini Stratos?
- Cross Cut is the cream cloud register; filled-and-honed. Antolini Stratos is the most committed register of Tivoli cream — warm cream and silver lines drawn across with contemporary discipline, finished in finely textured Stratos. Different cuts and registers.
- How do I see Cross Cut Italian Travertine 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 and we will pull the slab for you.
Visit the Yard
Walk Italian Cross Cut,
in daylight.
The cream cloud register reads softer in person than in any photograph — the slab is meant to register as classical cream with cloud movement.