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Costume design for the Demon Eggula in Humpty Dumpty

Costume Design
2009 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Charles Cusick Smith (costume designers)
Place of origin
York (Made)

Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Demon Eggula in Humpty Dumpty at the York Theatre Royal (10 December 2009 - 30 January 2010).


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Pantomime
Costumes
Designs
Object type
Costume design
TitleCostume design for the Demon Eggula in<i> Humpty Dumpty</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pen on card with attached fabric swatches
Pen
Paint
Shot Silk
Velvet
Metallic Thread
Card
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Demon Eggula in Humpty Dumpty at the York Theatre Royal (10 December 2009 - 30 January 2010)
Physical description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Demon Eggula in Humpty Dumpty. Full length figure wearing a full-length coat in shades of purple, fastened with two rows of red buttons to the waist, the skirt cut away to show the lower part of a pink waistcoat, mauve trousers and black boots. He has a domed, egg-shaped head with a few individual, curling, hairs. With an image of Humpty Dumpty, upper left, and, at upper right, three swatches of shot silk velvet, shot silk and silk woven with gold metallic thread with a raised pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 30cm
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Demon Eggula in Humpty Dumpty at the York Theatre Royal (10 December 2009 - 30 January 2010).
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.992-2017

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Record createdJune 1, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1357349/costume-design-for-the-demon-costume-design-charles-cusick-smith/
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