The Sleeping Beauty
Costume Design
1968 (drawn)
1968 (drawn)
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Costume design by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for seven prologue fairies and child attendants in The Royal Ballet's 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production.
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Title | The Sleeping Beauty (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour, pencil and ink on paper mounted on board. |
Brief description | Costume designs by Lila De Nobili for the seven prologue fairies and child attendants in The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1968 |
Physical description | Costume design by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for the seven prologue fairies and child attendants in The Sleeping Beauty. Five female figures in bodices, tutus and fairy wings along the top row. Five young children with wings are sitting along the lower row with a wingless fairy standing at either end. All the fairies are drawn in white, some with cream and brown details. The children are all drawn in outline. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'energy. plenty. grace language modesty / Beauty. [nymph]' (One word inscribed above each fairy along the upper row and beside the two lower fairies (left to right). Last word written unclearly.) |
Credit line | Given by the estate of David Dean |
Summary | Costume design by Lila De Nobili (1916-2002) for seven prologue fairies and child attendants in The Royal Ballet's 1968 production of The Sleeping Beauty. Lila De Nobili's design idea for the production was a Victorian view of the Middle Ages. Peter Wright was responsible for staging the ballet with Frederick Ashton contributing original choreography. First cast Aurora was Antoinette Sibley. The V&A has a substantial collection of costumes from this production. |
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Accession number | S.473-2018 |
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Record created | March 22, 2019 |
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