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Costume Design

ca. 1999 (Painted, drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design probably for a Princess or a Court Lady. The design depicts a three quarter length female figure wearing Chinese style Imperial robes. The costume consists of a scarlet tunic with decorative collar, decorated with embroidered Chinese patterns and symbols, worn over a blue under tunic with "hoof" cuffs. The figure also wears a hat and a jade necklace. To the right of the figure is a pencil drawing of the costume, and two magazine or photocopied images glued to the design showing Chinese Imperial robes. Unsigned by the artist.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen & ink, watercolour, paper collage, black & white crayon, gold paint, and black marker pen on paper.
Brief description
Costume design by Lez Brotherston possibly for a Princess or a Court Lady in the projected ballet "Aladdin", Scottish Ballet ca. 1999.
Physical description
Costume design probably for a Princess or a Court Lady. The design depicts a three quarter length female figure wearing Chinese style Imperial robes. The costume consists of a scarlet tunic with decorative collar, decorated with embroidered Chinese patterns and symbols, worn over a blue under tunic with "hoof" cuffs. The figure also wears a hat and a jade necklace. To the right of the figure is a pencil drawing of the costume, and two magazine or photocopied images glued to the design showing Chinese Imperial robes. Unsigned by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 356mm
  • Width: 456mm
The sheet has been torn out of a spiral bound sketch book.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
' over robe / under robe / chiffon trousers ' (Textual information; Upper right hand side; handwriting; pencil; Brotherston, Lez)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
This costume design by Lez Brotherston is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 2002. The design was executed for a projected production of the ballet "Aladdin" by Scottish Ballet ca. 1999. The ballet was eventually produced by Scottish Ballet with choreography by Robert Cohan at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, December 20th 2000. The designer for this production was Colin Falconer.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Associations
Literary referenceAladdin
Collection
Accession number
S.261-2002

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Record createdNovember 27, 2002
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