Monsieur Toulouse

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Artist/Maker	Marjanka Vrabcova (maker)
Place of origin	Prague (made)

Puppet of Monsieur Toulouse, part of a group pf puppets entitled At the Moulin Rouge. These extremely intricate puppets were made by Marjanka Vrabcova of The State Puppet Theatre, Prague, for performances by Richard Gill, 1972. They are in polystyrene, resin, metal and fabrics.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Puppetry
Object type	Rod puppet
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Puppet Glove Puppet Rod Puppet Puppet
Titles	Monsieur Toulouse (generic title) At The Moulin Rouge (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Made with polystyrene, resin and metal, sewn fabric, painted Fabric Polystyrene Resin Metal Painted Sewn
Brief description	Puppet of Monsieur Toulouse for At the Moulin Rouge. Made by Marjanka Vrabcova of The State Puppet Theatre, Prague, for performances by Richard Gill, 1972.
Physical description	Black cloak in felt or wool, with buttons. Green and black checked trousers and brown shoes. Black sleeve. Applied beard and hair, wire glasses, black top hat.
Dimensions	From the top of the head to the soles of the feet height: 60cm Width of the cloak width: 41.5cm Total height of puppet including sticks height: 81cm
Credit line	Lanchester Collection
Summary	Puppet of Monsieur Toulouse, part of a group pf puppets entitled At the Moulin Rouge. These extremely intricate puppets were made by Marjanka Vrabcova of The State Puppet Theatre, Prague, for performances by Richard Gill, 1972. They are in polystyrene, resin, metal and fabrics.
Associated objects	S.1063-2011 (Ensemble) S.1064-2011 (Ensemble) S.1065-2011 S.1066-2011 (Ensemble) S.1067-2011 (Ensemble) S.1068-2011 (Ensemble)
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1062:1 to 2 -2011

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Record created	March 15, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1244630/monsieur-toulouse-rod-puppet-marjanka-vrabcova/

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