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Costume design for Robinson Caruso in York Family Robinson

Costume Design
2011 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Charles Cusick Smith (costume designers)
Place of origin
York (Made)

Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for AJ Powell as Robinson Caruso in York Family Robinson at the York Theatre Royal (15 December 2011 - 4 February 2012).


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Pantomime
Costumes
Designs
Object type
Costume design
TitleCostume design for Robinson Caruso in <i>York Family Robinson</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pen on card with attached fabric swatches
Card
Paint
Pen
Tulle
Sequins
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for AJ Powell as Robinson Caruso in York Family Robinson at the York Theatre Royal (15 December 2011 - 4 February 2012)
Physical description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for AJ Powell as Robinson Caruso in York Family Robinson. Full length female figure in profile, facing viewer's left. She wears a tight-fitting, floor-length dress which flares out with three ruffled tiers at the hem, the bodice and upper section of the skirt in fuchsia pink, the lower section of the skirt in lime green. A large wired net 'collar' of two layers runs round her shoulders from a central point at the waist. With a drawing of the costume, showing the split skirt, lower left, and five attached fabric swatches, two at lower right, three at lower right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 30cm
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for AJ Powell as Robinson Caruso in York Family Robinson at the York Theatre Royal (15 December 2011 - 4 February 2012).
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.991-2017

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Record createdJune 1, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1357339/costume-design-for-robinson-caruso-costume-design-charles-cusick-smith/
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