The timeless combination of black and white marble is offered in the latest collection by leading tile distributor Ceramique Internationale – but with a twist.
Centuries, from the innovative Italian manufacturer Verde 1999, that brought the best-selling Blast collection to the UK market, consists of marble effect tiles in two colours – Antique White and Stormy Black.
But, setting it apart from the plethora of black and white marble already on the market, Centuries has a worn matt finish – creating an authentic aged aesthetic and textured surface.
Both colours are available in 30cm x 60cm and small brick shaped 7.5cm x 30cm porcelain tiles. Use of both sizes and colours in a range of laying patterns, enables Centuries to be used to create visually stunning rooms, including bathroom feature walls of contrasting colour and shape, or wet room floors in the on-trend Herringbone pattern, contrasting with the larger formats, without looking ostentatious.
Peter Vann, director at Ceramique Internationale, said: “The use of black and white together is an evergreen trend and polished marble is perennially popular in the UK, but we find many manufacturers offer larger marble tiles and very little in the way of smaller, metro-sized tiles, that can be used to create interesting features. This collection offers not only the size combination but the beautiful matt and textured finish, which really does look like aged marble from the ground – hence the name.
“It offers authenticity without the traditional in-your-face statement of polished marble, and presents so many options in terms of laying patterns in a beautiful, softer finish.”
