Not currently on display at the V&A

Peasant lady glove puppet

Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Glove puppet of a peasant lady with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of white cotton. She has a painted face and features, black button eyes, leather eyelashes and burgundy string corded hair. She wears a white cotton blouse decorated on the front and around the collar with red cotton braid, and a loose-weaved red cotton pleated overskirt with yellow and blue stripes. She wears an apron decorated with a rose motif of appliqué red, yellow and blue braid. Her hands are of padded pink stockingette


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePeasant lady glove puppet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Papier maché, paint, cotton, buttons, leather, string, braid, stockingette and padding material
Brief description
Glove puppet of a peasant lady. Eastern European, mid 20th century
Physical description
Glove puppet of a peasant lady with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of white cotton. She has a painted face and features, black button eyes, leather eyelashes and burgundy string corded hair. She wears a white cotton blouse decorated on the front and around the collar with red cotton braid, and a loose-weaved red cotton pleated overskirt with yellow and blue stripes. She wears an apron decorated with a rose motif of appliqué red, yellow and blue braid. Her hands are of padded pink stockingette
Dimensions
  • Height: 45cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Production
probably Eastern European
Other number
P.122 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.543-2001

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Record createdOctober 5, 2004
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