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Ruddigore

Costume Design
1920 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Anderson, Percy (designers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Costume design for a character in Ruddigore, 1920.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Theatre
Object type
Costume design
TitleRuddigore (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper with fabric swatches
Pencil
Paper
Watercolour
Cloth
Drawing
Painting
Brief description
Costume design for a chorus member in Ruddigore, 1920
Physical description
Costume design for a chorus member in Ruddigore, 1920. The design features a woman in a green dress and bonnet with a white apron. Pinned to the right hand side are white and green fabric swatches.
Dimensions
  • Tallest part height: 27.6cm (approximate)
  • Widest part width: 17.5cm (approximate)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'over No. 2 / chorus / Ruddigore / over' (On front side in watercolour)
  • '2 like this sketch of 2 / see other sketch / white / No details / separate / necessary / Two green / as at / back' Percy Anderson signature 'Miss May 29½ 40½ 44 41½ / Halse 32 42½ 43½ 45½ / [F?] girl chorus. Ruddigore / Percy Anderson design' (On reverse side in watercolour, and in black ink on paper pinned to the reverse)
Credit line
Given by Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
The V&A wishes to acknowledge the generous support given by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which facilitated the cataloguing of the D’Oyly Carte Archive designs in 2015/16.
Summary
Costume design for a character in Ruddigore, 1920.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2788-2015

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Record createdJanuary 8, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1328200/ruddigore-costume-design-anderson-percy/
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