Opificio delle Pietre Dure

2021-05-10

It is a international pioneer in the field of workmanship revamping and offers educating as couple of Italian state protection schools the other being the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro. This museum details a kind of craftsmanship that has developed with Florence's interest for new artistic outlets. The museum is small yet charming, especially on a day when you have just a touch of time to see something new and extraordinary. The museum is small and in around one hour you can visit the whole structure. The size not the slightest bit takes from the charming blend of craftsmanship and procedure, especially interesting for those who respect stones, their shading, and liveliness and the expressive nature inside the specialty of commesso fiorentino. As you stroll around the museum, you will discover a room archiving the works created during various periods, starting with the Medici family up until the mid-1800s. On the upper floors in the mezzanine, space is devoted to the craftsman's techniques and includes a rich set of stone samples, workbenches, tools, and examples of a couple of the creation phases of intarsia and decorate work.