{"id":518,"count":4,"description":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">risers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the stairs that lead to the mezzanine floor are made with archaeological marbles, coming from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">storerooms<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the Opificio. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Upon this\u00a0floor\u00a0is<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the fifth section of the museum, the so-called \u201chard stones workshop\u201d. Here the complex mechanisms, both organizational and technical, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">permitting the creation of artworks in hard semiprecious<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0stones, are displayed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here you can see the collection of samples of hard and soft stones used by the workshop, set in window cases originally arranged by Edoardo Marchionni, director of the Opificio at the end of the nineteenth century. 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