Italiano
Tag: San Leucio
Silk adornments for Buckingham Palace and the White House
In 1776 King Ferdinand I of Bourbon set up the Royal Silk Factory at San Leucio where jacquard silk was produced for the world’s...
Ferdinandopoli s, the art and life of “whitelegs”
A (fictional) letter from one of the workers at the San Leucio Royal Silk Factory My dear great, great, great grandson, i am writing...
