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Emile Littler Archive

Costume Design
1925 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the role of a reveller in Act I of Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 2nd June 1925.

Comelli (1858-1925) was the house designer of the Royal Opera House from the late 1880s to the early 1920s. During this period he also worked for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Daly's Theatre and also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmile Littler Archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour on board
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the role of a reveller in Act III of Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 2nd June 1925, Emile Littler Archive.
Physical description
Costume design for the role of a reveller in Act III of Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre. The reveller wears a light pink dress with gold and white sleeves and detailing. Around his waist is tied a pink and gold scarf and around his head pink head scarf with gold flecks tied at the right side of the face. On his feet he wears matching pink and gold strapped sandals.

A length of gauze has been pinned around the edge of the millboard framing the image. Drawn on millboard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37cm
  • Width: 27.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mr Trevor / Fenton / Atwill / Price' (Written in pencil on back of design.)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler
Literary referenceCleopatra
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the role of a reveller in Act I of Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 2nd June 1925.

Comelli (1858-1925) was the house designer of the Royal Opera House from the late 1880s to the early 1920s. During this period he also worked for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Daly's Theatre and also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.
Associated object
THM/144 (Series)
Other number
THM/144 - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.2956-2010

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Record createdNovember 11, 2010
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