Design for a set: Room in a Chinese Palace.
Drawing
1938 (made)
1938 (made)
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Design for a set: Room in a Chinese Palace by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)possibly done for the revue The Fleet's Lit Up, produced at the London Hippodrome on 17 August 1938.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a set: Room in a Chinese Palace. |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and gold paint. |
| Brief description | Design for a set: Room in a Chinese Palace by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)possibly done for the revue The Fleet's Lit Up, produced at the London Hippodrome on 17 August 1938. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Object history | This drawing was possibly done for the revue The Fleet's Lit Up, produced at the London Hippodrome on 17 August 1938, although the published programme of the revue states that the settings were designed by Ernst Stern and Clifford Pember and that only the costumes were by Erté. |
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| Accession number | E.21-1968 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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