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The Sorcerer

Costume Design
1916 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a character in D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's The Sorcerer, 1916.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Sorcerer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a character in D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's The Sorcerer, 1916
Physical description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a character in D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's The Sorcerer, 1916. The design shows a woman in a long white and blue dress and blue bonnet with long ribbons.
Dimensions
  • Tallest part height: 32.9cm (approximate)
  • Widest part width: 19.6cm (approximate)
Marks and inscriptions
'H / 5 yds skirt / 1. Bonnet. ? / Raymond. / skirt / 38" / 3/6 / 3 yds / 1/5 / 29" / 6¼ / skirt / Bonnet? / [A?] / [?] / 3/3 / 3/4 / 2½ Bodice' (On front side in pencil)
Credit line
Given by Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
The V&A wishes to acknowledge the generous support given by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which facilitated the cataloguing of the D’Oyly Carte Archive designs in 2015/16.
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a character in D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's The Sorcerer, 1916.
Other number
- Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.3148-2015

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Record createdJanuary 21, 2016
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