Watercolor, "Costume Ball Scene", Gilded Wood Frame, About 1850 - LS3786221

Watercolor depicting a costumed ball scene in the interior of a luxurious home, with two columns framing the door closed by a brown curtain.
The room is richly furnished, with a large mirror on the left, in front of which we can see a table covered with a green tablecloth on which a ewer rests. Next to it is a bust resting on a black column. An Athenian planter and a green-and-gold stool in the Napoleon III style are shown to the right of the scene.
Nine disguised characters appear in the piece: a medieval nobleman in green doublet and blue tights; a young man in pink Charles IX-style costume with long-sleeved doublet, knickerbockers, tights and strawberry, wearing a sword on his belt; a woman dressed in the style of Louis XIV, with a jeweled brown and cream dress, a sky-blue dress coat and a high Fontange hairdo adorned with pearls; a man dressed in the style of the 1620s, with a red pourpoint crossed by a green stole, a large strawberry, blue shirt and breeches, stockings and a red hat adorned with green and blue feathers; two girls dressed in traditional Russian costumes called sarafane, one wearing a traditional headdress called kokochnik and the other a simple kerchief; a man dressed in Armenian style with a black woollen papakha on his head, a white coat with red patterns and fur on the edges, and a traditional white costume with a red belt; a seated woman dressed in Oriental style with a top adorned with gold coins, a bayadère belt, a pink sarouel, a blue and purple coat and a traditional Moroccan headdress; and a man dressed in Louis XVI style with a red and gold jacket, blue breeches and tights, a fur muff on the belt, a lace jabot around the neck and a red-feathered tricorne hat on his head.

Molded gilded wood frame decorated with friezes of interlaced water leaves and laurel branches.

Made circa 1850.

Ref: 8WR78785EL