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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
ca. 1911 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Comelli, Attilio (designer)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Drawings
Paintings
Object type
Costume design
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
pencil, watercolour paper pasted to on board
Pencil
Watercolour
Drawing Board
Paper
Glue or Paste
Free-Hand Drawing
Painting
Sketching
Brief description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in Hop O' My Thumb. The Woodcutter wears a cream smock tucked into a blue and red vertical striped skirt with a shorter mustard coloured overlay and a matching blue and red apron. She wears a white shawl over her arms and head and carries a large bundle of twine upon her head and carries a staff in her right hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.6cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
  • Total including mount height: 37.3cm
  • Total including mount width: 36.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1. Chorus Lady / Miss Rick' (Written in pencil on back of design. Possibly actor's name.)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Literary referenceHop O' My Thumb
Summary
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Other number
Hop O' My Thumb file
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2142-2010

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1174388/drury-lane-design-collection-costume-design-comelli-attilio/
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