Italia Sorrento 1 The Wood Inlay Museum

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Sorrento
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Intarsia
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Intarsia is a form of wood inlay and a specialty
of Sorrento, a lovely old town clinging to a
cliff side some thirty-nine kilometers southeast
of Naples. The intarsia technique involves
arranging dif-ferent woods (mahogany, rosewood,
elm, chestnut, ebony, olive, walnut, and other
varieties) into elaborate surface designs. The
result is intricate renderings of cityscapes,
architecture, floral and vegetal motifs, human
figures, and geometric patterns
MUTA, Museo della Tarsia Lignea, located in the
Palazzo Pomarici Santomasi, in the historical
center of Sorrento  
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The MUTA is a private museum which was opened in
1999 inside the Pomarici Santomasi Palace (18th
century). Museo della Tarsia Lignea is, using the
word of its founder, the architect and
designer Alessandro Fiorentino, a special
museum-workshop where people can enjoy the old
Sorrentos tradition of wooden marquetry and buy
the new production of hand-made objects and
furnitures
Music Table 1859 by Michele Grandville
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The display of the ancient and modern inlay
collection is presented on four floors of the
building and they document through separate
divisions, the art of inlaid woodwork in its many
facets
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On the first floor, the museum displays a large
exhibition of paintings, prints and photos
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Table by Roberto Pane, Antonino Terminiello 1938
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The Wood  Inlay  Museum  in  Sorrento  traces
 the  history  of  intarsia  with  its collection
of furniture and smaller objects from the early
1800s to the present displayed in cabinets of
curiosities
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The bedroom of Princess Maria Sturdza, the wife
of Constantine Cortchacow (cousin of Tsar Nicolas
II). Intaglio in walnut, executed by Sorrento
Scuola d'Arte cca 1890
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The bedroom of Princess Maria Sturdza, detail of
the wardrobe
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Every detail of the decoration on the bed evokes
the rank, name and family of the Princess.
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In addition to the coat of arms and monogram
carved on the foot of the bed, the wooden figures
of children on the four corners can be
interpreted as referring to her children
(Sorrento-Villa Cortchacow by Domenico Rea)
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Luigi Gargiulo Table Torquato Tasso 1830
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The technique of inlaid wood was widely used
across northern and central Italy by  the  late  
Middle  Ages.   Masters  of   wood  inlay
  decorated medieval  Italian churches with choir
screens, stalls, pulpits, and other church
furnishings with the intarsia technique
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Although intarsia masters are documented in
Sorrento as early as the sixteenth century,
intarsia furniture became especially fashionable
throughout Europe in the 1800s, following the
crew of royal influence. Intarsias popularity
spread to France, and the Napoleonic court
commissioned intricate works of furniture and
other decorative pieces made in the Naples region.
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An intarsia school was established in the 1880s
in Sorrento, and the craft continued to flourish.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, the
beautiful Amalfi Coast began to lure increasing
numbers of foreign travelers. As Americans,
Germans, English, and Dutch began to discover the
special beauty of the local intarsia tradition,
this outside interest ensured that the craft
would endure
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Bed with canopy by Francesco Grandi and Arturo
Guidi 1887
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Bed with canopy by Francesco Grandi and Arturo
Guidi 1887 detail
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Table by The school of Art in Sorrento 1890
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Table by The school of Art in Sorrento 1890
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Coin cabinet by Francesco Grandi 1892
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Cigar holder 1850 by Michele Grandville
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During the restoration of the Palace, the
original architectural and decorative works were
brought to light, including frescoes and ceilings
covered with painted paper made by hand
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A small circular staircase was found hidden
behind a wall accessible only a trapdoor hidden
under the floor on the second floor. This was a
secret staircase which would have allowed the
inhabitants of the palazzo to hide and escape in
the event of danger
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Table by Luigi Gargiulo 1880
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Table by Luigi Gargiulo 1880
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Music stand by Michele Grandville 1850
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Secrétaire dos d'âne 1880 Giuseppe Gargiulo
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Secrétaire dos d'âne
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Giusppe Gargiulo 1900 Nest of tables
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Table Sorrento peasant Antonino Gargiulo 1891
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On the ground floor of the Museum  there is a
workshop where inlaid furniture and objects
signed by Alessandro Fiorentino Collection are
sold
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The ground floor displays the exhibition of a
modern collection of inlaid objects and furniture
with decorative themes related to contemporary
culture
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22 scatole dAutore (designer boxes)
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Crosses designed and produced by Arch. Alessandro
Fiorentino
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