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Theatre Costume

ca. 1913 (made)
Artist/Maker

Costume for a Maiden consisting of a robe of off white wool with simulated underskirt and red underarm gussets, with a front 'bib' painted with various geometric shapes on a pale ochre ground. The sleeves are decorated with circular motifs and the hems with lines, spots, lattices and crosses. There is a looped narrow leather buckled belt set with metal studs stamped with a trefoil design.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Theatre Costume
  • Dance Costume
  • Robe
  • Theatre Costumes
  • Belts (Costume Accessories)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Costume for a Maiden in scene 2 in Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps designed by Nicholas Roerich, Diaghilev Ballet, 1913.
Physical description
Costume for a Maiden consisting of a robe of off white wool with simulated underskirt and red underarm gussets, with a front 'bib' painted with various geometric shapes on a pale ochre ground. The sleeves are decorated with circular motifs and the hems with lines, spots, lattices and crosses. There is a looped narrow leather buckled belt set with metal studs stamped with a trefoil design.
Dimensions
  • Costume, shoulder to hem length: 136cm
  • Costume, across shoulders width: 52cm
  • Weight of costume weight: 0.6kg
  • Total boxed weight of costume with s.668, 670, 673 & 674 1980 weight: 4.5kg
Collection
Accession number
S.672&A-1980

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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