The author and critic Dame Margaret Drabble visits the Museum of the Opificio della Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy,

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The author and critic Dame Margaret Drabble visits the Museum of the Opificio della Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy, photographed by for Intelligent Life Magazine. MD inspects 16th cent. cabinet being restored in workshops. The museum displays work made from semi-precious different coloured stones cut and sliced on site and placed into designs of flowers, musical instruments and landscapes. Margaret Drabble is seen in the rather tatty side street outside the Museum, walking around the museum galleries and visiting the workshop where the different stone is stored and cut.

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Location: Florence Italy
Photo credit: © BRIAN HARRIS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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