The conservation and repair of marble sculpture or architectural stone with the aim of stabilizing material, preserving evidence, and recovering legibility without falsifying the original.
Restauro del marmo is the restoration or conservation of marble. The profession and practice appear in the Pietrasanta workshop interviews indexed by Le voci del marmo.
Depending on the object and its condition, work may involve cleaning, consolidation, joining fragments, filling losses, structural stabilization, or carefully limited integration.
Etymology
Italian: restauro, “restoration,” + marmo, “marble.”
Sculptor Notes
Restoration is not ordinary studio finishing. The conservator works under an ethical obligation to preserve original material and historical evidence, and interventions should be documented and distinguishable rather than silently rewriting the sculpture.
References
https://levocidelmarmo.sns.it/lista_times.php