SLATE AND THE ARATA FAMILY |
We’d like to show you the various
uses of our splendid “black stone”, but firstly we prefer
to introduce you to the best guarantee: our name.
ARATA is, in the slate field, a synonym of quality, because
we unite the most modern techniques of working with over a hundred
years’ experience: in fact, slate was discovered again at
the end of 1800 thanks to us. |
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Slate has been used for centuries
for roof coverings, floorings, claddings and interior decoration
as a mere handicraft; then our family began to work it to an industrial
extent, by promoting it all over the world. |
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| The second generation - Ermenegildo
Arata with his workers |
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The “spacchino”
is the craftsman who, nowadays as in the past, splits slate blocks
in very thin and regular slabs or tiles, with just a hammer and
a splitter. |
Slate, thanks to its beautiful, unique
colour, that varies from dark-blue to a sort of black-grey,
and to its original “warm” and “soft”
surface particularly when natural cleft, is elegant, classical
and modern at the same time. Our stone is also 100% natural and
ecological, so we can say:
slate is really unique. |
Technical properties
EDGE FINISHES, LAYING AND CARE INSTRUCTIONS |
Our quarries and factories |
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