This is superceded by the positioning of colored stones into white marble on a large scale.
Taj mahal marble inlay.
Stone intarsia whereby colored marbles are inlaid into easily workable sandstone is the most basic type of inlay.
Taj mahal and its marble inlay art taj mahal is a visible love symbol of the mughal emperor shah jahan and his wife mumtaz.
Three types of inlay are used to ornament the buildings of the taj complex.
It constructed in the memory of shah jahan s beloved wife mumtaz still the site represented as the world wonder and considered as the love symbol.
It was commissioned in 1632 by the mughal emperor shah jahan reigned from 1628 to 1658 to house the tomb of his favourite wife mumtaz mahal.
Architecture of taj mahal.