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Dedale

Costume Design
c.1590 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour design for a costume. Male figure in slashed hose and turban and with wings.
1 of 20 bound in a vellum volume stamped with the French royal arms.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDedale (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pen and water-colour, bound in volume
Brief description
Unknown. 'Dedale'. Male figure in slashed hose and turban and with wings.1 of 20 designs for ballet or opera costumes. French or Florentine, c.1590. Bound in volume.
Physical description
Watercolour design for a costume. Male figure in slashed hose and turban and with wings.
1 of 20 bound in a vellum volume stamped with the French royal arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10in
  • Width: 6.75in
  • Volume height: 14.25in
  • Volume width: 9.375in
Object history
The volume containing this design is stamped with the arms of the Royal Family of France and dates from the early 18th century. The volume was formerly owned by Sir Henry Bunbury.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection
Accession number
E.481-1936

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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