Theatre Costume
1909 (made)
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Costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a Polovtsian Warrior in Mikhail Fokine's ballet Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igorcreated for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909. Wrapover coat of yellow cotton edged with green silk overpainted in purple to show a lozenge pattern. Around the upper arm a band of ikat silk with design in carmine and purple. With a belt of snuff-coloured cotton divided by braid into rectangles with one metal disc and stud remaining of the original decorations
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | silk, cotton, gigham check cotton lining, silk/cotton weave ikat armbands, painted cottin trim, metal press studs |
| Brief description | Costume for a Polovtsian Warrior in Fokine's ballet Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor', Diaghilev Ballet, 1909. |
| Physical description | Costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a Polovtsian Warrior in Mikhail Fokine's ballet Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igorcreated for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909. Wrapover coat of yellow cotton edged with green silk overpainted in purple to show a lozenge pattern. Around the upper arm a band of ikat silk with design in carmine and purple. With a belt of snuff-coloured cotton divided by braid into rectangles with one metal disc and stud remaining of the original decorations |
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| Accession number | S.583&A-1980 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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