Canada
Costume Design
April 1915 (made)
April 1915 (made)
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1 of 4863 fashion designs mounted in 48 volumes. Mainly pencil and pen and ink drawings with watercolour, some are hand-coloured process reproductions.
Object details
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| Title | Canada (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour |
| Brief description | Design for the costume supplied by Handley-Seymour Ltd., to be worn by Louise Edwina in the character of Canada in The Masque of War and Peace by Louis N. Parker, a charity matinée performance given at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 27 April 1915. Pen and ink and watercolour. |
| Physical description | 1 of 4863 fashion designs mounted in 48 volumes. Mainly pencil and pen and ink drawings with watercolour, some are hand-coloured process reproductions. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs. Joyce Whitehouse |
| Object history | Elizabeth Handley Seymour, née Elizabeth Fielding, (1867-1948) was a court-dressmaker whose atelier was based at 47 New Bond Street. She designed gowns for the Court and Society during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, most famously the wedding dress for the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) and later, her Coronation dress. These volumes of fashion designs were donated by Elizabeth's daughter, Mrs. Joyce Whitehouse in 1958. - Daniel Milford-Cottam (July 2012) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 |
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| Accession number | E.4889-1958 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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