{"id":521,"count":9,"description":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the end of\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grand Duchy of Tuscany\u00a0and the\u00a0advent of the Kingdom\u00a0of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Italy in 1861, the\u00a0Opificio, founded as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0court workshop, faced an irreversible crisis.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Within a few decades<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, this crisis\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">led the\u00a0Opificio\u00a0to gradually cease its production of artefacts, in\u00a0favour\u00a0of a different approach, converging its technical skills towards the conservation of artworks,\u00a0and soon becoming\u00a0a highly important\u00a0restoration center.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Initially,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the production of works of art inspired by naturalistic subjects\u00a0such as flowers,\u00a0birds\u00a0and fruits continued, using the stones inherited\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the Medici collection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unfortunately, the excessive production costs and the lack of financial supporters led the\u00a0Opificio\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">partially change<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0kinds\u00a0of items\u00a0it\u00a0produced, ad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">apted to non-aristocratic customers, abandoning precious materials and simplifying the decorative compositions.\u00a0In order to\u00a0meet the desires of the middle-class, smaller objects\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that could be easily sold<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0were also\u00a0produced,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">yet<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0maintaining\u00a0the\u00a0extraordinary craftsmanship\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">past.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>","link":"https:\/\/opificiodellepietredure.cultura.gov.it\/en\/sezioni-tematiche\/section-viii-the-opificio-in-the-post-unification-period\/","name":"SECTION VIII. 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