Not currently on display at the V&A

Theatre Costume

ca. 1929 (made)

Costume for Aesthetic Lady in Arthur Sullivan's opera Patience, designed by George Sheringham, Savoy Theatre, 1929. Headband of green felt with large triangular extensions at either end, set with flowers in off-white and occasional yellow felt with gold lame centres, along the band tiny flowers of off-white felt with yellow and small bead centres. Foliage on the extensions is of off-white felt one with a centre spine of pearls and crystal beads


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Costume for Aesthetic Lady in Arthur Sullivan's opera Patience, designed by George Sheringham, Savoy Theatre, 1929. Headband of green felt with large triangular extensions at either end, set with flowers in off-white and occasional yellow felt with gold lame centres, along the band tiny flowers of off-white felt with yellow and small bead centres. Foliage on the extensions is of off-white felt one with a centre spine of pearls and crystal beads
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Accession number
S.1436-1984

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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