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Theatre Costume

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Costume consisting of a late 17th century style jacket of red-brown velour, stand up collar, with shoulder epaulettes and long sleeves, lined with pale dusty pink cotton sateen. With knee breeches of red-brown velour, the leg bands trimmed with pale dull violet art satin.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Theatre Costume
  • Opera Costume
  • Jacket
  • Theatre Costumes
  • Breeches (Trousers)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Costume for an Ancestor in Arthur Sullivan's opera Ruddigore
Physical description
Costume consisting of a late 17th century style jacket of red-brown velour, stand up collar, with shoulder epaulettes and long sleeves, lined with pale dusty pink cotton sateen. With knee breeches of red-brown velour, the leg bands trimmed with pale dull violet art satin.
Dimensions
  • Jacket and trousers weight weight: 2.7kg
  • Trousers, hip width, laid flat width: 54cm
  • Trousers, waist to hem, laid flat length: 74cm
  • Jacket, shoulder width, laid flat width: 64cm
  • Jacket, colal rto hem, laid flat length: 82cm
Collection
Accession number
S.324&A-1985

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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