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Subject:
How long can you wait to carve quarried limestone?
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Met History <[log in to unmask]>
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Preservationist Protection Program <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:48:41 EDT
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The 1902 entrance wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, facing Fifth
Avenue, had four giant (20x20x20?) assemblages of limestone blocks placed at
the entablature, with a view to carving them into sculptural groups.  But the
carving was never executed.  Can limestone exposed to the air over a century
stilll be carved, and could these blocks still be carved in place?  Or does
the stone degrade in some way?

Christopher Gray
"Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate Section
The New York Times
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