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Anthony Holland costume design

Costume Design
1935 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for Miss Holme as Precious Stream in "Lady Precious Stream". The design shows a full length female figure wearing a Chinese style costume and hairstyle. The costume consists of a knee length green robe with wide sleeves and a blue scalloped collar worn over a long robe and train coloured in many different shades of blue. The over jacket is edged in pink and decorated with random pink swirls. The robes are fastened with a blue ribbon or sash, and a long green scarf is worn around her arms. The hair is decorated with a pink flower.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAnthony Holland costume design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, Gouache, Pen & Ink, on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Anthony Holland for Miss Holme as Precious Stream in Lady Precious Stream, Oxford Repertory Theatre, 1935
Physical description
Costume design for Miss Holme as Precious Stream in "Lady Precious Stream". The design shows a full length female figure wearing a Chinese style costume and hairstyle. The costume consists of a knee length green robe with wide sleeves and a blue scalloped collar worn over a long robe and train coloured in many different shades of blue. The over jacket is edged in pink and decorated with random pink swirls. The robes are fastened with a blue ribbon or sash, and a long green scarf is worn around her arms. The hair is decorated with a pink flower.
Dimensions
  • Height: 380mm
  • Width: 278mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' "Lady Precious Stream" / Precious Stream / 1st Costume / (Miss Holme) ' (Textual information; Upper right hand corner of the design; handwriting; pencil)
  • ' Anthony Holland ' (Signature; Lower right hand corner; handwriting; pencil)
Credit line
Given by Anthony Holland
Object history
This Costume design by Anthony Holland is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 1996. The design was executed for a production of S. I. Hsiung's play "Lady Precious Stream" at the Oxford Repertory Theatre, Summer,1935.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceLady Precious Stream
Collection
Accession number
S.595-2000

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Record createdSeptember 5, 2000
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