NOTES FROM ACADEME

Italy's Treasures Are in Their Hands

By FRANCIS X. ROCCA

Rome

One balmy weekday afternoon this past spring, despite the sweet breeze and sun beckoning her outdoors, Laura Rivali sat on a stool in front of a laboratory fume cabinet, shielded from the toxic vapors within. She was working to bring a silver candlestick from the 18th century back to...

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