The Sleeping Beauty
Costume Design
1968 (drawn)
1968 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Pencil sketch by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for Princess Aurora in Act I of The Royal Ballet’s 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production.
Object details
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| Title | The Sleeping Beauty (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, ink and fabric on paper and card. |
| Brief description | Pencil sketch by Lila De Nobili of Princess Aurora in Act I, with a fabric swatch, for The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| Physical description | Pencil sketch by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for Princess Aurora in Act I of The Sleeping Beauty. Two drawings of Aurora, one in profile, on paper mounted on card. She wears an underblouse with a corset, knee-length tutu and ballet slippers. A brown fabric sample is attached to the card mount, in the lower right. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Aurora Act I' (Inscribed in black ink, upper right corner of card mount.) |
| Credit line | Given by the estate of David Dean |
| Summary | Pencil sketch by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for Princess Aurora in Act I of The Royal Ballet’s 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.460-2018 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2019 |
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