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Travertine Mosaic Panel, Diagonal
The same mosaic turned forty-five degrees, so the grid becomes a field of diamonds. It is a grey stone rather than the cream, which changes the room more than the rotation does.
Technical data sheet, MB-TMM (PDF, 0.6 MB)·Colour card, 106 surfaces in four series (PDF, 10.4 MB)
Diagonal square pieces with a raised centre, about 70 mm across the diagonal, set on a diamond grid with a 3 mm gap. The surface is a grey travertine with a fine cloud, and the relief is shallow, about 2 mm, so the pattern is geometric rather than rocky.
Six millimetres and 7 kg on 1200 × 3000. It is the lightest of the mosaic group and the only one that bends to 400 mm, which makes it the one for a curved bar front or a rounded shower recess. On a flat wall, the diamond grid needs the wall plumb or the pattern leans. Bought as a mosaic wall tile for small bathrooms, because the diagonal makes the room read wider than the plan says.
A grid you can read at an angle
Diamonds do something a square grid cannot: they stay legible when you look along the wall rather than at it. In a corridor, that means the pattern does not disappear as you walk past, which is the usual complaint about mosaic.
Good for
- Bathroom walls and shower recesses
- Curved bar fronts, down to a 400 mm radius
- Corridors, where the diamond stays legible along the wall
- Feature panels in a small room
Not for
- Floors
- Walls that are out of plumb, because a diamond grid shows a lean
- Large flat walls, where a 70 mm module is too small
Grey and cream
Two: the grey in the shot and a cream. The grey is the one for bathrooms and bars; the cream goes into residential work where a diamond grid in grey would be too strong.
Specification
Everything below applies to the Travertine Mosaic-M as supplied. The PDF above is the same sheet we send out with a quote; ask for a printed copy and it travels with the sample.
| Sheet size | 1200 × 3000 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6 mm ± 1 mm |
| Weight | 7 kg/m² ± 0.5 |
| Item code | MB-TMM |
| Substrate | Mineral powder, sand and fibreglass, pressed in a steel mould |
| Fire | EN 13501-1 A2-s1,d0, on a non-combustible substrate |
| Fixing | Polymer adhesive, or mechanical fixings on a ventilated frame |
| MOQ | Stocked colours ship from stock, no minimum |
| Lead time | 3–5 days for stock, 20–25 days for production |
Fitting it
Four steps, and the third one is the one that goes wrong.
Questions we get asked
Does the diagonal need a particular start?
Start from the centre of the wall and work out, so the cut pieces are equal at both ends. Start at a corner and the pattern runs out at the other end.
Can it be used on a curved wall?
Yes, down to about a 400 mm radius at 6 mm thick. It is the most flexible of the mosaic group.
Is the centre of each diamond raised?
About 2 mm. It is enough to catch a light without collecting dust.
How does it compare with the square mosaic?
Same idea, rotated, in a cooler colour and with a shallower relief. The square reads as tile; this reads as a pattern.
Sample of Travertine Mosaic-M
A4 offcut, posted from Ningbo, free. Ask for the colour card too — it covers all thirty-seven surfaces in the series.
Same series