Thassos marble is mined from quarries in the Island of Thassos in the Aegean Sea, north east of Greece and is uniquely pure white.
Nacre also known as mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.
Herringbone is the first known parquet pattern, tracing back to the Roman Empire in 500 BC, with the design principle inspired by the skeleton of a herring fish.