Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Design

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Signed and annotated


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil on card
Brief description
Costume design by P Croce for an Onion in the ballet in Amor, late 19th century
Physical description
Signed and annotated
Dimensions
  • Height: 234mm
  • Width: 161mm
  • At lower edge width: 122mm
The design has been irregularly cut down at the sides
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'P. Cro'(ce)' (Signature; Lower right hand side; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
  • 'Amor / costume del / Ballo' (Textual information; Italian; Reverse top edge; Handwriting; Pen and ink; Unknown)
    Translation
    Love, ballet costume
  • '4. Ragazzi' (Textual information; Italian; Upper left hand corner; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
This costume was designed for the ballet Amor, and may relate to the ballet with choreography by Luigi Manzotti premiered at La Scala, Milan, in 1886. The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest and was proably acquired by him as possible illustration in his various publications on ballet design. Four of the designs (S.232-2000; S.234-2000; S.235-2000; S.354-2001) from the group of ten in the collection were reproduced in Beaumont's Five Centuries of Ballet Design, published by The Studio Ltd., London, nd.

Historical significance: An example of a costume in the shape of a vegetable from one of the large spectacular realistic productions which characterised Italian ballet in the late 19th century.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.236-2000

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Record createdDecember 21, 2000
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