Costume Design
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Full length female dancer with black hair dressed in traditional 'ballet' style, standing on pointe with left arm bent to behind head and right arm held out from shoulder, wearing a low necked, knee length ballet dress with pink long-line bodice, cut in deep scallops at lower hem, the neck and bodice edged green. The dress is open down the front to below waist, revealing a loosely pleated white blouse. The cap sleeves, knee-length skirt and hair decoration are in white and white blouse and knee-length skirt. The legs tinted pale pink and the shoes pink. Pencil, watercolour and gouache.
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Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper |
Brief description | Costume design by unknown artist for a stylised peasant girl in unidentified ballet. |
Physical description | Full length female dancer with black hair dressed in traditional 'ballet' style, standing on pointe with left arm bent to behind head and right arm held out from shoulder, wearing a low necked, knee length ballet dress with pink long-line bodice, cut in deep scallops at lower hem, the neck and bodice edged green. The dress is open down the front to below waist, revealing a loosely pleated white blouse. The cap sleeves, knee-length skirt and hair decoration are in white and white blouse and knee-length skirt. The legs tinted pale pink and the shoes pink. Pencil, watercolour and gouache. |
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Production type | Unique |
Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
Object history | The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest |
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Accession number | S.289-2000 |
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Record created | May 14, 2001 |
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