Not currently on display at the V&A

Costume Design

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker

Costume design for a Spanish Girl in "Castles from Spain", probably by Attilio Comelli, c.1900


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Brief description
Costume design for a Spanish Girl in "Castles from Spain", probably by Attilio Comelli, c.1900
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C.A. / 1910' (Stamp. Reverse.)
  • 'from Castles in Spain' (Textual information. Reverse.)
Object history
Attilio Comelli (c.1858-1925) and his brother, E.(?), were both regularly employed as costume designers for extravaganzas and pantomimes at the Alhambra, Drury Lane and other London theatres at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Associated production: Designer: Attilio Comelli? c.1900.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.978-1997

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
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