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Teatro Massimo

Palermo

The main curtain of the Teatro Massimo is unmistakably characterized by the two large draped tails with concentric fullness of the valance.The Traveler opening system uses a Laser track system.
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The curtain was manufactured with FOT - Otello velvet, bordeaux colour, and it was decorated by NFR - Fringes ...
... and by refined NRN - Hand-machine embroideries performed on sketch given by the theatre.
The Teatro Massimo is a theatre ''all'italiana'' with a horseshoe-shaped hall with five tiers of boxes and a gallery, 3.500 seats.
1864
a competition assigns the task of the theatre project to the architect of PalermoGiovan Battista Basile
1875-1897
construction works
Years '80 and '90 of the twentieth century
restructuring
1999
remaking of the curtain

Materials used in this production

2MS - S engine

Engines for tracksystems

Concentric fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

COS - Oscurante

Duvetyne and blackout fabrics

FOT - Otello

Velvets

Main curtains

Curtains for historical theaters

NDA - Decorative appliqués for fabrics

Trimmings

NFR - Fringes

Trimmings

Stage maskings

Acoustic curtains

Traveller curtains

Typology of curtain

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