‖ brocatello
(ˌbrɒkəˈtɛləʊ)
Also -tella, -telli.
[It. brocatello de Sienna, so called from its brocade-like colouring: see prec.]
A kind of variegated marble, clouded and veined white, grey, yellow and red, yellow usually prevailing; Sienna marble.
| 1752 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Marble, There is also another kind of antient Brocatella dug near Adrianople. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 409/1 The beautiful Brocatello or Brocade marble of Italy and Spain. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts I. 534 Brocatelli Marble, an artificial marble made from fragments of natural marbles united by means of an artificial cement. |