Descrizione e disegni della mascherata che intervenne al Real Teatro di S. Carlo il Carnevale dell'anno 1827 : la sera de' 25 febbraio, in occasione della gran festa di ballo
A descriptive record and set of lithographed plates from 1827 issued by the Royal Printing Office in Naples, documenting the costumes of a masquerade staged at the Teatro di San Carlo for a Carnival ball, with texts by Antonio Niccolini and commissioned by King Francesco I. The figures show Ottoman-inspired and oriental dress: turbaned men with bearded faces, and women in embroidered gowns, feathered headdresses, layered jewellery and sheer veils. A designer could take the richly patterned bodices, braided trims, plumed turbans and draped fabric folds as reference for theatrical costume and ornamental border work.
