Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Design

ca. 1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sketches of Japanese hair styles for a production of Madam Butterfly. Two of the sketches are on attached pieces of paper. One of these shows a hairstyle seen from the back and is inscribed 'Madam Schwarzkopf'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, heightened with white
Brief description
Sophie Fedorovitch. Theatre costume design, London, c.1948.
Physical description
Sketches of Japanese hair styles for a production of Madam Butterfly. Two of the sketches are on attached pieces of paper. One of these shows a hairstyle seen from the back and is inscribed 'Madam Schwarzkopf'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.32cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
'Madam Schwarzkopf' (Inscribed on an attached design.)
Credit line
Given by Simon Fleet
Subject depicted
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.5417-1958

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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