This morning, we left the Twins Boboli House. I was sad to leave that beautifully restored, 18th century flat. Before we left, though, the twins showed us their Lab.
So the twins are Sylvia and Carla. They do look exactly alike, but Carla is more refined looking and chic and Sylvia is more earthy and real. They restore art for a living, and are fond of talking about their father, who is a famous art restoration specialist. They point to his pictures often.
Their Lab is right around the corner from our flat, like literally. We opened the kitchen door and stepped out onto the patio and the first door on the left is their Lab.
Carla started showing us a console table they are restoring. It's from the 1700's. Restoration includes removing old restoration work that is no longer considered current technique, and might be damaging the original wood.
They also clean it in sections, fill it, stabilize it, and paint it. They use gold leaf like professionals, and Carla had a long palette knife and was tossing around gold leaf like a goddess! Grab, place, cut, smush, move, all with that blade.
Then she showed us all the colors they use, and she explained "tutti colore naturale" meaning all the colors they use are all natural. The colors are incredible! I asked if I could take pictures for my son, who is an artist!
Look up the Twins Boboli House in Flornce and you'll see what they've done. It's amazing!
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