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Costume Design

1936 (Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Howard, Andree (costume designer)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Full length female figure wearing black high necked Edwardian dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves , pointed waist and hem frill. On the left bodice is a large mauve corsage tied with bow. On the reverese,in pen and ink, is a sketch of a dress with bishop sleeves and beneath, in pencil, a pattern shape for trumpet sleeves. Pencil and watercolour, pen and ink. Annotated.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Dance
Designs
Object type
Costume design
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper, pen and ink.
Pencil
Watercolour
Paper
Pen and Ink
Drawing (Image Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Andree Howard for The Hostess in Andree Howard's ballet La Muse s'amuse, premiered by Ballet Rambert, Mercury Theatre, 1936.
Physical description
Full length female figure wearing black high necked Edwardian dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves , pointed waist and hem frill. On the left bodice is a large mauve corsage tied with bow. On the reverese,in pen and ink, is a sketch of a dress with bishop sleeves and beneath, in pencil, a pattern shape for trumpet sleeves. Pencil and watercolour, pen and ink. Annotated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 393mm
  • Width: 269mm
  • Lower edge width: 295mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • "Maude" (Textual information; Lower edge beneath design; Handwriting; Pencil)
  • "P.T.O. for Sleaves" (Textual information; Lower right side; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
  • "This shape for Bridget - Maude" (Textual information; Reverse beneath sleeve pattern; Handwriting; Pencil)
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
One of five costume designs by Andree Howard for her ballet La Muse s'amuse in the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. This design by Andree Howard is for The Hostess, danced by Maude Lloyd. The ballet was premiered by Ballet Rambert at the Mercury Theatre in 1936.

Historical significance: An example of ballet design from the 1930s for the significant company Ballet Rambert. Howard was one of the few choreographers who also designed her own works.
Subject depicted
Costume
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.205-2000

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Record createdDecember 19, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O50669/costume-design-howard-andree/
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