Les Huguenots

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Artist/Maker	Comelli, Attilio (designers)
Place of origin	London (drawn)

Three refurbished costume designs by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for Three Principal Nobles in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots. Performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where it received three performances on the 1st, 9th and 14th July 1910.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Designs Theatre Opera
Object type	Costume design
Titles	Les Huguenots (generic title) Gli Ugonotti (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour, pencil and ink on board Watercolour Pencil Millboard Ink Drawing Painting Designing
Brief description	Three refurbished costume designs by Attilio Comelli for three Principal Nobles labelled D, E and F in Les Huguenots at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1910
Physical description	Three refurbished costume designs by Attilio Comelli for Principal Nobles labelled D, E and F in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots. Three male figures wearing doublets, hose, capes and hats. Nobles D and E are dressed in green and white, and Noble F in burgundy. Signed and dated 1910.
Dimensions	Height: 37.2cm Width: 26.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	'HUGUENOTS' (Inscribed in red ink, upper left corner.) 'D' (Inscribed in red ink, labelling the design on the upper left.) 'F' (Inscribed in red ink, labelling the design on the upper right.) 'E' (Inscribed in red ink, labelling the design on the lower right.) '3 NOBLES / PRINCIPALS' (Inscribed in red ink, lower right corner.) '1910 / D. De Cossé, D'Oisly / F DE RETZ, Sampieri / E DE RETZ, Sampieri' (Inscribed red ink and pencil on reverse. Inscribed in a hand-drawn table as a list of the cast members in 1910. De Cossé was played by Maurice D'Oisly and De Retz by Michele Sampieri.)
Credit line	Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary	Three refurbished costume designs by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for Three Principal Nobles in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots. Performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where it received three performances on the 1st, 9th and 14th July 1910.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.370-2018

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Record created	January 25, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1470698/les-huguenots-costume-design-comelli-attilio/

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