A hand-set travertine mosaic on mesh backing, Distressed Travertine Mosaic 1x2 is produced to order in our Denizli workshop. Chip format is 1x2. Chips sit on a straight grid, quiet enough to run the full height of a wall without fighting anything else in the room.

Surface and color. Chips are tumbled and edge-worn before setting, which knocks the corners back and gives a wall that looks like it has been there a while. Shades sit in the beige, gray, white and brown range. Stone is not manufactured to a color standard, so allow for movement between sheets.

The stone. Marble is metamorphic and dense, which is what lets it take a crisp edge on a chip this small. Nothing here is filled, dyed or resin-backed — the sheet is stone and mesh, and what you see is the stone itself.

Where it works. Most customers use it for a kitchen backsplash or a shower surround; it also works as a fireplace face or a TV-wall panel. For floor use, check the finish against the traffic the room actually takes.

Setting it. Use a non-staining white adhesive and seal the sheet before grouting — natural stone will take up pigment from a dark grout if it goes on raw. Use a non-staining white adhesive and seal the sheet before grouting — natural stone will take up pigment from a dark grout if it goes on raw.

What the photographs show. We photograph every mosaic twice: once flat, square to the camera, so nothing about the pattern is hidden, and once in a finished room so you can see it under real light with furniture in front of it.

Ordering. Sheets are $9.99 each and ship at no charge inside the United States. Production and dispatch times are shown on this page; the full schedule is in our Shipping Policy.