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Theatre Costume

Artist/Maker

Acetate headdress in stylized foliage scrolls curving upwards around the head instyle of laurel wreath. Acetate painted with broad silver outlines and trimmed with pink leaves and flower studs and pearls


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Brief description
Costume for a Court Lady in Arthur Sullivan's opera Princess Ida, designed by James Wade.
Physical description
Acetate headdress in stylized foliage scrolls curving upwards around the head instyle of laurel wreath. Acetate painted with broad silver outlines and trimmed with pink leaves and flower studs and pearls
Collection
Accession number
S.723-1985

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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