Costume Design
1939 (Drawn)
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Full length male figure wearing elaborate baroque ballet de cour-style costume, with pointed high waisted jacket in pale blue grey and pale salmon pink stripes, with a centre row of yellow bows, and a white high double collar with serrated edge; the short sleeves are of alternating pale blue grey and pale salmon edged yellow overlapping scallops and the fitted undersleeves have narrow stripes in the same blue and pink and white and white cuffs with serrated edges. The 'kilt' consists of three rows of overlapping graduated strips in the same pale blue grey and pale salmon pink the lowest row trimmed with yellow tassels. On the head is a yellow gold crown with slate blue and salmon pink plumes and the costume is worn with calf-high yellow ochre boots. Extensively annotated. Pencil and watercolour on paper.
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Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper. |
Brief description | Costume design by Roger Furse for Fourteen Attendants in Grand Fete de Ballet, arranged by Ninette de Valois for the RAD Production Club, at the Royal Academy of Dancing Ball Grosvenor House on 8 June 1939. |
Physical description | Full length male figure wearing elaborate baroque ballet de cour-style costume, with pointed high waisted jacket in pale blue grey and pale salmon pink stripes, with a centre row of yellow bows, and a white high double collar with serrated edge; the short sleeves are of alternating pale blue grey and pale salmon edged yellow overlapping scallops and the fitted undersleeves have narrow stripes in the same blue and pink and white and white cuffs with serrated edges. The 'kilt' consists of three rows of overlapping graduated strips in the same pale blue grey and pale salmon pink the lowest row trimmed with yellow tassels. On the head is a yellow gold crown with slate blue and salmon pink plumes and the costume is worn with calf-high yellow ochre boots. Extensively annotated. Pencil and watercolour on paper. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
Object history | The costume was designed by Roger Furse for 14 Attendants in Grand Fete de Ballet, arranged by Ninette de Valois for the RAD Production Club, at the Royal Academy of Dancing Ball Grosvenor House on 8 June 1939 and subsequently given in a revised version at the Westminster Theatre on 18 July 1939. The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest and was probably acquired by him as a possible illustration for his various publications on design and dance. |
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Accession number | S.273-2000 |
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Record created | December 28, 2000 |
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