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Ingenuity imitation: Pietre dure and its colorful progeny.
A major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe, explores the wealth and scope of hardstone carving and mosaic inlay known as commessiti pietre ture by presenting magnificent works of art created for the princely courts of Europe between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The practice of cutting semiprecious stones such as agate and lapis lazuli to fashion extravagantly designed luxury objects, such as tabletops, wall panels, cabinets, and other ornate decorative items, developed in the Roman Empire and enjoyed a magnificent revival in the Renaissance and baroque ...
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