The first photograph shows a marble sampler in The New York Times Style Magazine on Travel, November 17.  I used that idea for the front of this letter holder.  The second photograph depicts Laura Sartori Rimini of Studio Peregalli in front of a wall of pieced paper also in The New York Times Style Magazine this time in the issue on Luxury, November 3.   I pieced the paper on the back of my letter holder but I substituted a marble floor pattern from Saint Mark's. The resulting letter holder seems festive and old world to me.