Stefania De Blasi is an art historian, specializing in the history of decorative arts and PhD in History of restoration and art criticism. She has collaborated on national research and cataloguing projects with the University of Turin, the Piedmontese Superintendences and Italian museums. Since 2006 she has been working at the Conservation and Restoration Centre "La Venaria Reale" (CCR) where she has coordinated as a historian of the art of reference the restoration sectors of Wooden Furniture, Textile Artefacts and numerous national and international projects on Museum Residences. Today she is responsible for the Communication and Documentation Area and manages the CCR’s library and archives. She has curated numerous exhibitions, conferences and publications and is the reference of curatorial projects and valorization for the assets of the Foundation Order of Mauritius, in particular for the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi. She is a specialist lecturer for CCR preventive conservation programmes. She has taught and written about restoration history, museology, art market, connoisseurship and history of decorative arts.