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MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTSVia Po, 5510124 Torino Tel. +39 011.837.688.3 Fax +39 011.815.40.61 Only guided tours of an hour duration. Press Room |
The Fondazione Accorsi’s Museum of Decorative Arts opened on the 3rd December 1999, thanks to the will of the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin, 1891-1982), one of the most important European art dealer in the XX century. In the 27 rooms of the museum the visitors can find over 2000 objects realised during the XVIII century: the masterpiece is the secrétaire-cabinet inlayed with different precious kind of wood, ivory and turtle, dated and signed by the great artist Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777) in 1738. Another rare secrétaire-cabinet is the one built in the second half of the XVIII century and entirely covered by majolica coming from the Pesaro manufacture, in the center of Italy. During the guided tour, the visitor can also admire the beautiful furniture of the Venetian room, several Meissen porcelains, ceramics from important builders like Rossetti (Turin) and Ferretti (Lodi). Spectacular is the German porcelain set by the Frankenthal manufacture, ordered by the Saxon Prince Carlo Teodoro as a present for the Cardinal Antici Mattei. The Museum shows then some important paintings by the turinese Vittorio Amedeo Cignaroli (1730-1800), representing hunting scenes. The Museum of Decorative Arts will be closed from 28th June to 27th August 2010. |
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