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Stage property for Ariadne auf Naxos

Stage Property
1950s (designed)
Artist/Maker
Glyndebourne Opera
Messel, Oliver (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Rococo candle scone with artificial mirror, the sconce with two branches, each holding an artificial candle.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Opera
Theatre Properties
Object type
Stage property
TitleStage property for Ariadne auf Naxos (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Papier-mâché, wood and paint
Papier-Mâché
Wood
Paint
Brief description
Sconce designed by Oliver Messel for Ariadne auf Naxos, Glyndebourne Opera, 1953
Physical description
Rococo candle scone with artificial mirror, the sconce with two branches, each holding an artificial candle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Width: 62cm
  • Depth: 30cm
Gallery label
(2021)
At Glyndebourne, Oliver Messel supervised all aspects of the set building. He also designed and made props and painted scenery. This sconce was wall-mounted on the set and lit with tiny electric light bulbs to give the impression of an 18th-century candlelit interior. The clever combination of materials and Messel’s talent for design created, as one observer remarked, ‘an exquisite and sumptuous’ room.

Credit line
Given by Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.151-2019

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Record createdApril 25, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1489880/stage-property-for-ariadne-auf-stage-property-messel-oliver/
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