This cabinet was quite unusual and to my knowledge the first of its kind… It has an interior illuminated semiprecious stone panel in the door, in order to project light through the stone out into the sanctuary. This project took well over one year to construct, was the biggest Pietra dure panel I have ever attempted on my own, and gave me a chance to flex my ‘patience muscle’ like never before. The stone was made of slabbed ruby, ziosite (which forms around the ruby and is bright green for the ‘leaves’, aventurine for the ‘stems’, and a non-translucent limestone for the image ‘background’. The tiara was adorned with various ruby off cuts shaped into cabochons and set into gold findings. Quite majestic- Click here for more pics and info