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Anthony Holland costume design

Costume Design
ca.1940-1960 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Designs for a women's evening dress of 1864, showing a sketchy full length female figure wearing a bodice with a v-shaped decolletage and long hanging sleeves decorated with spots, the undersleeves tightly fitting, and a wide crinoline skirt with an overskirt of the same fabric as the bodice.


Object details

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Object type
TitleAnthony Holland costume design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Anthony Mendelson for a woman's evening dress of 1864, mid 20th century
Physical description
Designs for a women's evening dress of 1864, showing a sketchy full length female figure wearing a bodice with a v-shaped decolletage and long hanging sleeves decorated with spots, the undersleeves tightly fitting, and a wide crinoline skirt with an overskirt of the same fabric as the bodice.
Dimensions
  • Height: 379mm
  • Width: 242mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'1864.' (Textual information; Upper right hand corner; Handwriting; Pencil)
Object history
This is one of a collection of 19 designs of late 19th century costume by Anthony Mendelson which was part of Lot 366 in Sotheby's Sale of Illustrated Books, 22 May 1997.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.353-1999

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Record createdAugust 15, 2000
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