As well as satisfying the practical requirements of Venetian rowing, the forcola is recognised as an objet d'art. Saverio Pastor's forcole are displayed in the most important museums in the world -  for example, the Museum of Modern Art in New York - and they are universally appreciated for the beauty of their fluid, curving forms.

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