Costume Design
1931 (drawn)
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This costume is for one of the guests at a ball held during Act I Scene VIII of Noel Coward's Cavalcade. The play follows the lives of the Marryott family, and their servants, over three decades. It premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1931.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil drawing |
| Brief description | Costume design by Gladys Calthrop for Mrs Cadd in Act I Scene VIII of Noel Coward's Cavalcade, 1931. Gladys Calthrop Design Collection |
| Physical description | Costume design depicting a black and purple floor length dress. Costume also includes long white gloves, a pearl necklace, and a feather fan held in one hand. There are notes written around the page. Signed to the right of image. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gladys Calthrop |
| Literary reference | Cavalcade |
| Summary | This costume is for one of the guests at a ball held during Act I Scene VIII of Noel Coward's Cavalcade. The play follows the lives of the Marryott family, and their servants, over three decades. It premiered at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1931. Gladys Calthrop (1894-1980) was an English set and costume designer. Born Gladys Treeby in Devon, Calthrop married, and later separated from, Everard E. Calthrop. She met Noel Coward in Italy during 1921, they subsequently became friends and worked together on many plays. Their first collaboration was on The Vortex in 1924 for which Calthrop designed both sets and costumes. She worked in both London and New York. |
| Other number | THM/52 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.776-2011 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2011 |
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