Emile Littler Archive
Costume Design
1926 (drawn)
1926 (drawn)
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Costume design by Reginald (Reggie) de Veulle for a Chorus Girl in Act I of Yvonne at Daly's Theatre, London, May 1926.
Yvonne was a three-act musical comedy, adapted by Percy Greenbank from an Austrian musical of the same name. Greenbank provided the book and lyrics, the music was by Jean Gilbert and Vernon Duke, with additional numbers by the show's conductor, Arthur Wood. Ivy Tresmand took the leading role of Yvonne, a professor's daughter who, for reasons of musical comedy logic, adopts the identity of a music hall star.
In the programme for Yvonne, de Veulle's surname appears as de Veuille.
Yvonne was a three-act musical comedy, adapted by Percy Greenbank from an Austrian musical of the same name. Greenbank provided the book and lyrics, the music was by Jean Gilbert and Vernon Duke, with additional numbers by the show's conductor, Arthur Wood. Ivy Tresmand took the leading role of Yvonne, a professor's daughter who, for reasons of musical comedy logic, adopts the identity of a music hall star.
In the programme for Yvonne, de Veulle's surname appears as de Veuille.
Object details
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| Title | Emile Littler Archive (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil on paper with attached lace swatch |
| Brief description | Costume design by Reginald (Reggie) de Veulle for a Chorus Girl in Act I of the musical Yvonne at Daly's Theatre, London, 1926. Emile Littler Archive |
| Physical description | Costume design by Reginald de Veulle for a Chorus Girl in Act I of Yvonne. Full-length female figure in a knee-length turquoise dress, the collar and sleeves trimmed with white lace, the collar with a yellow flower at front, and a skirt of three scalloped tiers, each also lace trimmed. Worn with a wide-brimmed cream hat decorated with a circle of yellow flowers. She holds a furled green, lace-edged parasol, with a yellow flower on the handle, in her right hand. Signed by the artist. With a swatch of white machine lace pinned at the upper left hand corner. |
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| Credit line | Given by the estate of Sir Emile Littler |
| Object history | According to the programme, the costumes designed by de Veulle were made by a number of costumiers. Ivy Tresmand's dresses in Acts I & II was by Worth Ltd, and her Act III dress was by Elspeth Fox Pitt. All other dresses and costumes were by Elspeth Fox Pitt. 'Gentlemen's modern dresses' were by Burkinshaw & Knights and uniforms by Morris Angels & Sons, Ltd. Ladies' hats and headdresses were made by Rose Bertin, gentleman's hats by J. Woodrow & Sons Ltd, the hosiery was by Husband, the wigs by Clarkson and the shoes by Rayne and Gamba. |
| Literary reference | Yvonne |
| Summary | Costume design by Reginald (Reggie) de Veulle for a Chorus Girl in Act I of Yvonne at Daly's Theatre, London, May 1926. Yvonne was a three-act musical comedy, adapted by Percy Greenbank from an Austrian musical of the same name. Greenbank provided the book and lyrics, the music was by Jean Gilbert and Vernon Duke, with additional numbers by the show's conductor, Arthur Wood. Ivy Tresmand took the leading role of Yvonne, a professor's daughter who, for reasons of musical comedy logic, adopts the identity of a music hall star. In the programme for Yvonne, de Veulle's surname appears as de Veuille. |
| Associated object | THM/144 (Series) |
| Other number | THM/144 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.3006-2010 |
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| Record created | November 17, 2010 |
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