We manufacture our scagliola in a traditional fashion, we make the wooden carcassing to size, and then hand apply coloured scagliola to the outside of the object, this is then ground and polished in the traditional manner.
Definition: Scagliola – scal-ee-o-la – (from the Italian scaglia, meaning ‘chips’), is a technique for producing columns, sculptures, and other architectural elements that resemble marble.
We manufacture our scagliola in a traditional fashion, we make the wooden carcassing to size, and then hand apply coloured scagliola to the outside of the object, this is then ground and polished in the traditional manner.
Definition: Scagliola – scal-ee-o-la – (from the Italian scaglia, meaning ‘chips’), is a technique for producing columns, sculptures, and other architectural elements that resemble marble.
What is Scagliola?
Scagliola is a composite substance made from plaster, glue and coloured pigments, imitating marble and other coloured and veined limestone patterns.
Scagliola is a lighter weight alternative to big heavy marble items and has the advantage of being made into any size, shape or colour. It can be carved and worked in the same manner as marble and wood. It can be used to create almost any decorative piece, be it a table, column or plinth.
Pedestals
Our scagliola pedestals can be made to any shape, size, or colour to suit your taste. They are strong enough to hold life size marble statues, yet light enough to be easily transported. From traditional floor standing columns with painted turned wooden decorative base section, to modern square forms with a simple square plinth, to complex forms with moldings in scagliola too.
Table Tops
We can manufacture scagliola table tops in any colour of your choice. It is even possible to inlay scagliola with scagliola to create a pietra dure table top. Our tops have a similar durability and hardness to wood.
Manufacture
Shown here is the process for making a pedestal. Starting with the wooden carcass, then the white plaster undercoat to the finished base in the clients chosen colours. The scagliola workshop, manufactures a range of scagliola pedestals, table tops and bases to order.
Restoration
It is possible to restore most scagliola objects, from inlaid table tops to on site restoration of damaged or dull columns. We can repolish existing scagliola on site with a minimum of inconvenience to the room. Damaged scagliola can be filled with matching colours and repolished.
