Primo Maestro Italia

Volterra Alabaster

THE ALABASTER OF VOLTERRA, ITALY –

                      the finest in the world

Alabaster Art – handmade one by one and brought to you by PrimoMaestro Italia.

Valued for its beauty, warmth and luminosity, the art of the alabaster of Volterra goes back about 2,500 years to the Etruscans, the ancient inhabitants of Italy, who were the first to carve it into artistic objects and sculptures.

For centuries, the creativity and manual skills of the artisans of Volterra have made them the foremost in the world. Their work cannot be duplicated. It is all done by hand using techniques derived from the traditions of the past.

Working With Alabaster

 
 

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