Theatre Costume
1901 (made)
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Costume for 'Prince's Mother' in Swan Lake consisting of a late medieval-style gown in orange vermilion velvet embroidered with triangular groups of yellow and gold spots. Under the dagged hanging sleeves which fall to the floor are white balloon sleeves banded with lake ribbon.
With full cap over a padded white silk cap. Overcap of orange vermilion velvet whose upturned wired brim rises to form a scalloped edged 'crown' embroidered with triangular clusters of spots made of gold braid, each with a silver sequin in the middle. Behind the wired brim is a row of wired 'petals'.
With full cap over a padded white silk cap. Overcap of orange vermilion velvet whose upturned wired brim rises to form a scalloped edged 'crown' embroidered with triangular clusters of spots made of gold braid, each with a silver sequin in the middle. Behind the wired brim is a row of wired 'petals'.
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 velvet, fine wool, cotton lining, cold thread and embroidered coils, silk-satin ribbon, elastic, white cord, millinery wire, metal hooks and eyes (metal boning in bodice and sleeves) |
| Brief description | Costume and headdress for 'Prince's Mother' in Swan Lake designed by Aleksandr Golovin for the Bolshoi, Moscow, 1901. |
| Physical description | Costume for 'Prince's Mother' in Swan Lake consisting of a late medieval-style gown in orange vermilion velvet embroidered with triangular groups of yellow and gold spots. Under the dagged hanging sleeves which fall to the floor are white balloon sleeves banded with lake ribbon. With full cap over a padded white silk cap. Overcap of orange vermilion velvet whose upturned wired brim rises to form a scalloped edged 'crown' embroidered with triangular clusters of spots made of gold braid, each with a silver sequin in the middle. Behind the wired brim is a row of wired 'petals'. |
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| Object history | Costume created for Swan Lake at the Bolshoi. Production purchased by Serge Diaghilev and costumes re-used by the Ballets Russes from 1911. Auctioned by Sothebys at sale of Ballets Russes material, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 19 December 1969, Lot 105 (i). |
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| Accession number | S.31&A-1977 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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