Jacket worn by Nina de Silva as Feemy Evans in The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet

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Artist/Maker

L. & H. Nathan Ltd (Costumier)

Dyball, Florence (costume designers)

Costume for Feemy Evans worn by Nina de Silva. Collarless jacket of black velvet with long wide bell sleeves; the jacket and sleeves are edged with three rows of black braid. Lined with bright green silk.

Object details

Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Theatre Costumes
Object type	Jacket
Title	Jacket worn by Nina de Silva as Feemy Evans in The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Velvet Braid Silk (Textile)
Brief description	Collarless black velvet jacket for Feemy Evans worn by Nina de Silva in The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet, London Coliseum, 1926.
Physical description	Costume for Feemy Evans worn by Nina de Silva. Collarless jacket of black velvet with long wide bell sleeves; the jacket and sleeves are edged with three rows of black braid. Lined with bright green silk.
Dimensions	Jacket, length length: 70cm Jacket, shoulder width width: 55cm Jacket weight weight: 0.8kg
Credit line	Given by Mrs P. Chapman
Object history	Costume for Feemy Evans worn by Nina de Silva in George Bernard Shaw's play The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet, performed by the Martin Harvey Company at the London Coliseum, 20th October 1926. The scenery for the production was by George J Dodson, and the costumes were by Florence Dyball and L & H Nathan.
Associations	Shaw, George Bernard Martin-Harvey, John Silva, Nina De
Literary reference	The Showing-up of Blanco Posnet
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.171-1985

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Record created	August 23, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102579/jacket-worn-by-nina-de-jacket-dyball-florence/

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