21 June 2016
Malachite passion
On this rug, the marble pattern in a gradation of mid to dark greens reproduces the pattern found in malachite. The manufacturer Pinton has created it in a tribute to two designers of the 1970s, Tony Duquette and Jacques Duval-Brasseur, both great lovers of this stone.
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