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Emile Littler Archive

Costume Design
1920 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Comelli (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Costume design in watercolour on board for 'Tony' in an unidentified production. The design is signed Comelli, 1920.

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 also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Drawings
Paintings
Object type
Costume design
TitleEmile Littler Archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Ink
Watercolour
Pencil
Millboard
Free-Hand Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design in watercolour on board for 'Tony' in an unidentified production. The design is signed Comelli, 1920. Emile Littler Archive.
Physical description
Costume design in watercolour on board for 'Tony' in an unidentified production. The design is signed Comelli, 1920. It shows a full length image of a man dressed in a long, wide skirted grey jacket with brown trim at the collar and cuffs. This is worn over a white shirt (with matching neckcloth) and a long striped grey waistcoat. He also wears dark brown knee breeches and beige, side buttoning gaiters and a wide brimmed 'clerical style' black hat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.2cm
  • Width: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Tony (Handwritten annotation in black ink in the bottom right hand corner)
  • Comelli, 1920 (Handwritten annotation in ink to the left of the design)
  • [?] Perf (Handwritten annotation in pencil at the top left hand corner of the design)
  • Tony/Mr Leon Chester/Mr Butler (Handwritten annotation in pencil to on the rear of the design)
  • Mr. Chester 6ft, 2 [further series of measurements] (Handwritten annotation in pencil on the rear of the design)
  • Mr. Butler 6ft - [further series of measurements] (Handwritten annotation in pencil on the rear of the design)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler
Summary
Costume design in watercolour on board for 'Tony' in an unidentified production. The design is signed Comelli, 1920.

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 also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.
Associated object
THM/144 (Series)
Other number
THM/144 - Archive number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3035-2010

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Record createdNovember 12, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1175538/emile-littler-archive-costume-design-comelli/
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