The restaurant, opulently decorated with columns and red velvet, is also remembered for the Italian mosaics in the entry and on the sidewalk.

However, Rinder's view was that nothing but the very best was good enough for Aston Villa with its stained glass, Italian mosaics and grand frontage.

The three tympana on the church's facade are embellished with Italian mosaics created in the Vatican's Mosaic Factory.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote descriptions of her tracings of threatened Italian mosaics in the mid-19th century.

Italian mosaics: pietre dure works from Renaissance Florence and enamel micromosaics made in Rome.

The streets are ramshackle - forget the art galleries of Florence and Rome; the best Italian mosaics are the roads in southern villages.

The chancel floor is laid with Italian mosaic.

By far the largest work of Elizabeth Murray's 37-year career, the mural of Italian mosaics stretches 120 feet along four walls.

A rich variety of gems - two mysteries, an Italian mosaic and a political staire - peep out from the movie treasure chest this week.

Their interest originally lay in Italian mosaics, with the first acquisition made in 1960.