The Prima Anticamera of the Appartmento di Etichetta reopens at the Palazzo Reale in Naples

At the Palazzo Reale in Naples, the Prima Anticamera (First Antechamber) of the Appartamento di Etichetta has undergone significant and ambitious restoration and has reopened to the public. This is another step in the project to renovate the palace, which aims to restore the ancient splendour of the palace through a philological style based on the last inventories drawn up in 1874 and 1907, at the time of the Savoia dynasty. The First Antechamber is a true ‘blank slate’; a pilot project that sought to restore the identity of one of the most sumptuous rooms in the apartment. The works, which began last July, involved the two large chandeliers, the wall sconces, the wooden furniture, one of the five overdoors and the first of the two tapestries. Finally, the wallpaper silks have been replaced, the curtains restored and a new marble lambris has been laid, similar to the one that existed up until the Second World War.