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Costume Design

c.1920 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour design for a woman's costume. Egyptian tunic with silver and gold glitter application, blue headdress and ornaments.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour, with glitter
Brief description
Jean-Charles Worth. Design for an Egyptian-style woman's fancy-dress or theatre costume. Paris. c.1920
Physical description
Watercolour design for a woman's costume. Egyptian tunic with silver and gold glitter application, blue headdress and ornaments.
Credit line
Given by the House of Worth
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.22173-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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