L743 retail golden-amber colored barite crystals and

golden-amber colored barite crystals and golden calcite crystals

The piece was created by the artist Elena Rousseau for Interi

This piece was collected by Jean O'Reilly Barlow

This is the most elaborate and labor-intensive of techniques

The plaster fragments are hand cast from 18th century molds

L743 retail golden-amber colored barite crystals and17th century Italian fragment mounted with mica cluster with garnets on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. The piece has been naturally distressed from the flood. The piece is mounted with the rare mica cluster and adorned with garnets. It sits on the petrified wood base. The story and history of this piece and Interi's collection of Florence