He produced a life-sized working drawing on tracing paper which was attached to the marble plates. The pencil marks were then transferred onto the stone. Several craftsmen - gilders, marble workers and enamellers - collaborated on the project, assembling the frieze in the mosaic workshop of Leopold Forstner, following Klimt's detailed instructions about colours and materials. Like the Beethoven Frieze, the Stoclet Frieze runs around three sides of the room. A tree of life, with ornamental spiraling branches, decorated each of the opposite walls which are identical but for the figures on either side: Expectations
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