Theatre Costume
1901 (Designed)
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This costume for a female dancer in the Hungarian Dance in Swan Lake was originally designed by Alexandre Golovin for the Bolshoi production in 1901. It was purchased by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes in 1911.
It consists of a short sleeved crimson velvet dress embroidered with a wandering gold motif, with additional fitted under sleeves, collar and centre panel in yellow and gold or silver floral brocade. The fitted sleeves and front panel have been overlaid with black tarlatan under a black lattice of linen/wool. The inner collar is carmine twill under gold tissue. The dress is unlined but there are vivid magenta tarlatan underskirts.
It consists of a short sleeved crimson velvet dress embroidered with a wandering gold motif, with additional fitted under sleeves, collar and centre panel in yellow and gold or silver floral brocade. The fitted sleeves and front panel have been overlaid with black tarlatan under a black lattice of linen/wool. The inner collar is carmine twill under gold tissue. The dress is unlined but there are vivid magenta tarlatan underskirts.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Costume for a female dancer in the Hungarian Dance in Swan Lake designed by Alexandre Golovine, Moscow 1901. |
| Physical description | Costume for a female dancer in the Hungarian Dance in Swan Lake 1901. Short sleeved crimson velvet dress embroidered with a wandering gold motif, with additional fitted under sleeves, collar and centre panel in yellow and gold or silver floral brocade. The fitted sleeves and front panel have been overlaid with black tarlatan under a black lattice of linen/wool. The inner collar is carmine twill under gold tissue. The dress is unlined but there are also vivid magenta tarlatan underskirts. |
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| Literary reference | Swan Lake |
| Summary | This costume for a female dancer in the Hungarian Dance in Swan Lake was originally designed by Alexandre Golovin for the Bolshoi production in 1901. It was purchased by Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes in 1911. It consists of a short sleeved crimson velvet dress embroidered with a wandering gold motif, with additional fitted under sleeves, collar and centre panel in yellow and gold or silver floral brocade. The fitted sleeves and front panel have been overlaid with black tarlatan under a black lattice of linen/wool. The inner collar is carmine twill under gold tissue. The dress is unlined but there are vivid magenta tarlatan underskirts. |
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| Accession number | S.90&A-1977 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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