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While arising from common production systems and involving the same actors, marble is distinguished by its destination. In order to be “clean to carve” statuary marble and certain ordinary white must meet specific requirements of purity of colour and texture. Thus the sculptor is the best judge of q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marion Boudon-Machuel, Fabienne Sartre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles 2013-01-01
Series:Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/crcv/13631