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Artist/Maker	Shelving, Paul (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (designed)

Watercolour design, touched with gold, for a mask and costume of a Turkish person in Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.'

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Categories	Theatre Drawings Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Watercolour touched with gold Paper Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Drawing by Paul Shelving, designs for a mask and costume of a Turkish person in Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, included in 'Robes of Thespis' as plate LIII, watercolour with additions of gold, Great Britain, early 20th century
Physical description	Watercolour design, touched with gold, for a mask and costume of a Turkish person in Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.'
Dimensions	Height: 30.4cm Width: 21.6cm Dimensions taken from Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983.
Marks and inscriptions	'Paul Shelving' (Signed)
Credit line	Given by Mr Rupert Mason
Object history	This costume was designed for a performance of Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Subjects depicted	Costume Design Theatre Costume Masks
Associations	Moliere Birmingham
Literary reference	'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' by Moliere
Bibliographic references	Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 Sheringham, George and R. Boyd Morrison for Rupert Mason. Robes of Thespis; costume designs by modern artists. London: E. Benn limited, 1928.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.645-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O757012/drawing-shelving-paul/

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