Emile Littler Archive

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Artist/Maker	Comelli, Attilio (designer)
Place of origin	London (drawn)

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a member of the chorus in Madame Pompadour at Daly's Theatre, 1923.

Madame Pompadour is a French operetta composed by Leo Fall based on the life of Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV.

This costume design is from the English version, adapted by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham, which premiered at Daly's Theatre, London on 20th December 1923.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Drawings Paintings
Object type	Costume design
Title	Emile Littler Archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and watercolour Ink Watercolour Pencil Millboard Gauze Free-Hand Drawing Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a member of the chorus in Madame Pompadour at Daly's Theatre, 1923. Emile Littler Archive.
Physical description	Costume design for a member of the chorus in Madame Pompadour at Daly's Theatre. Female figure in a green dress and brown shawl, with a white headdress. Signed. A length of gauze is pinned around the edge of the millboard framing the image.
Dimensions	Height: 37.0cm Width: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	'3' (Written in top right hand corner) 'ACT 1' (Written in bottom right hand corner) 'Name Waist Bust Length Hips Head Length without / shoes / Miss Deope 27 35 1/2 40 43 22' (Written on piece of paper pinned to reverse) (Sticker advertising Roberson's Fashion Boards on reverse) Transliteration
Credit line	Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler
Literary reference	Madame Pompadour
Summary	Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a member of the chorus in Madame Pompadour at Daly's Theatre, 1923. Madame Pompadour is a French operetta composed by Leo Fall based on the life of Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV. This costume design is from the English version, adapted by Frederick Lonsdale and Harry Graham, which premiered at Daly's Theatre, London on 20th December 1923.
Associated object	THM/144 (Series)
Other number	THM/144 - Archive number
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.2874-2010

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Record created	November 3, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1175089/emile-littler-archive-costume-design-comelli-attilio/

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