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Glove

1941
Artist/Maker
Tchelitchev, Pavel (costume designers)
Karinska, Barbara (Costumier)
Place of origin
New York

Costume worn by Tamara Toumanova. Long black silk glove with cuff of openwork black netting and a long twig-like pattern of braid studded with brilliants running down it, ornamented with clusters of coloured sequins and jewels, and from the fingers hang pendant crystal drops.


Object details

Object type
Glove
Materials and techniques
Artificial Jewels
Sequin
Braid
Silk (Textile)
Net (Textile)
Brief description
Glove worn by Tamara Toumanova in 'Balustrade', 21st Street Theatre, New York, 1941
Physical description
Costume worn by Tamara Toumanova. Long black silk glove with cuff of openwork black netting and a long twig-like pattern of braid studded with brilliants running down it, ornamented with clusters of coloured sequins and jewels, and from the fingers hang pendant crystal drops.
Production typeUnique
Object history
Glove worn by Tamara Toumanova in George Balanchine's ballet 'Balustrade', Original Ballet Russe (formerly de Basil Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo), 51st Street Theatre, New York, 22nd January 1941. The music for the ballet was composed by Igor Stravinsky (the violin concerto), and the sets and costumes were designed by Pavel Tchelitchev. The ballet was performed only three times.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Associations
Balanchine, George
Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich
Toumanova, Tamara
Literary referenceBalustrade
Bibliographic references
  • Strong, Roy, Ivor Guest, Richard Buckle, Sarah C. Woodcock and Philip Dyer, Spotlight: four centuries of ballet costume, a tribute to the Royal Ballet, London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981.
  • As worn by... : an exhibition of theatre, opera and ballet costumes by arrangement with the Theatre Museum, Salisbury : Salisbury Festival of the Arts, 1975 no.34
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.161D-1985

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2004
Record URL
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