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This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Theatre Costume

1910 (made)
Artist/Maker

Jacket and trousers for an Aide de Camp in Scheherazade. Voluminous pantaloons of deep brown cotton painted with 3cm wide horizontal silver stripes. The top 20cm of the trousers (which would be hidden) is made in black cotton with draw-string fastening

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Theatre Costume
  • Dance Costume
  • Coat
  • Theatre Costume
  • Dance Costume
  • Trousers
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Costume, Jacket with cape and trousers designed by Leon Bakst for an Aide de Camp in Mikhail Fokine's ballet Scheherazade first performed by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1910.
Physical description
Jacket and trousers for an Aide de Camp in Scheherazade. Voluminous pantaloons of deep brown cotton painted with 3cm wide horizontal silver stripes. The top 20cm of the trousers (which would be hidden) is made in black cotton with draw-string fastening
Dimensions
  • S.2475 1986 length: 1256mm
  • S.2475 1986 width: 581mm
  • S.2475. a 1986 length: 125cm (Note: Trousers )
  • S.2475. a 1986 width: 104cm (Note: Trousers Full width)
  • S.2475. a 1986 weight: 0.7kg (Note: Weight of Trousers on hanger)
Collection
Accession number
S.2475-1986

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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