Book-Matched Travertine Panel Set
| Form | Book-Matched Panel Set |
| Finish | Brushed |
| Color tone | — |
| Thickness | 16 / 18 / 20 / 30 mm |
| Origin | France |
| Indicative price | Indicative FOB: quoted against form, fill state, thickness and quantity. Send a thickness, a quantity, a finish and a destination port for a real figure. |
Paired from a single block so the structure continues across the seam. The pairing is only worth anything if the sawn face is approved before the panels are cut.
Specification
- Thickness: 20 mm and 30 mm
- Formats: 1200×600, 1200×1200 mm per leaf; sets of two or four
- Cut: Vein-cut or cross-cut, matched from one block
- Fill state: Unfilled matched set; filled available on request
- Finish: Honed, brushed or polished on the face
- Approval: Sawn face sample approved before panel cutting
- Density: 2.4-2.7 g/cm3
How this one behaves on site
Paired from a single block so the structure continues across the seam. The pairing is only worth anything if the sawn face is approved before the panels are cut.
Book-matching is the reason this stone is chosen for a feature wall, and it is also the process where buyers most often lose money by moving too early.
The sequence is: the block is sawn and the face is shown to you, you approve that face, and only then are the panels cut from it. Approving a photograph or a small sample does not work, because the continuity that book-matching depends on is a property of the whole sawn face, not of a hand-sized piece. Every batch we have seen fail visually was cut before the face was approved.
Then there is the set size. Two leaves give the mirrored pair. Four gives the wider repeat that a reception wall usually needs. Sets of six and above from a single block get difficult, because the block has to be long enough and consistent enough to carry the pattern that far — we will say so rather than pair across blocks and hope the seam disappears.
Filled matched sets are possible and look good, but the fill reduces the contrast that makes the matching visible, which is a strange reason to pay for book-matching and then fill it. If the point of the set is the pattern, keep it unfilled and maintain it.
Ordering and supply
12-20 working days to FOB for standard forms; cut-to-size and matched sets are quoted per job. Send a thickness, a quantity, a finish and a destination port and you will have an FOB quotation, usually within three working days, with no obligation on a first shipment.