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Coppelia

Costume Design
1984 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Heeley, Desmond (designers)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Costume design by Desmond Heeley (1931-2016) for Dawn in Act III of Ronald Hynd's production of Coppelia, performed by the London Festival Ballet in 1984. Dawn is one of the allegorical figures in the Act III divertissement.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Theatre
Object type
Costume design
TitleCoppelia (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paint and pencil on board
Paint
Pencil
Millboard
Designing
Brief description
Costume design by Desmond Heeley for Dawn in Act III of Coppelia, London Festival Ballet, 1984
Physical description
Costume design by Desmond Heeley (1931-2016) for Dawn in Act III of Coppelia, performed by London Festival Ballet in 1984. Female figure wearing a bodice and tutu in shades of beige, yellow, white and orange, and a matching floral headdress. She holds a small sickle and a bundle of hay. Signed and dated. Accompanied with a note on squared graph paper with the following inscription: 'My dear David, can you find room for this? Sadly not able to have had the sea adventures but what tales to tell - Will speak, see and write more coherently than today - Bless you for believing. Love Des'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.2cm
  • Length: 39.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '"COPPELIA"' (Inscribed in pencil, upper left corner.)
  • 'DAWN ACT III' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right corner.)
Credit line
Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary
Costume design by Desmond Heeley (1931-2016) for Dawn in Act III of Ronald Hynd's production of Coppelia, performed by the London Festival Ballet in 1984. Dawn is one of the allegorical figures in the Act III divertissement.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.495-2018

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Record createdMarch 10, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1482815/coppelia-costume-design-heeley-desmond/
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