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Pretty in Prosciutto 🥓

Meet the meaty marble taking over restaurant design.

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Dec 02, 2025
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Move over, monochromatic marble.

A new soft-luxe stone has entered the chat: prosciutto marble. Inspired by the thin slices of pork that are typically a salmon-pink to deep-red, marbled with streaks of white fat, prosciutto marble has been spotted in the chicest of restaurants from New York City to Athens, Georgia.

Photo Credit: Credit: Osteria Olio

Officially known as Rosso Francia or Red Languedoc, the stone is beloved for its orangy-red base with striking white and grey veining. Used in royal architecture like

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