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Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in The White Cat

Attilio Comelli | Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in The White Cat | drawing | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1904 | dan_00347

Licensed and provided by: Victoria & Albert Museum (London/United Kingdom) | Licensed under: V&A | Terms & Conditions | Donated by: George Hoare – Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Download via: V&A | Search the Collections

Attilio Comelli | Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in The White Cat | drawing | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1904 | dan_00347 Licensed and provided by: Victoria & Albert Museum (London/United Kingdom) | Licensed under: V&A | Terms & Conditions | Donated by: George Hoare – Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Download via: V&A | Search the Collections

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Licensed and provided by: Victoria & Albert Museum (London/United Kingdom) | Licensed under: V&A | Terms & Conditions | Donated by: George Hoare – Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane | Download via: V&A | Search the Collections

Description

Costume design - Drury Lane Design Collection
Object: Costume design
Place of origin: London (probably, drawn)

Date: 1904 (drawn)
Artist/Maker: Comelli, Attilio, born 1858 - died 1925 (designer)
Materials and Techniques: pencil and watercolour on paper glued to board

Credit Line: Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury
Lane

Public access description
Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in The White Cat, as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 26th December 1904. Drury Lane Design Collection.

Descriptive line
Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in The White Cat, as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 26th December
1904. Drury Lane Design Collection.

Physical description
Costume design by Comelli for the Female Populace in Scene 2 of The White Cat. Female figure wearing a green and brown gypsy style
dress with a large sleeved white undershirt, a blue headscarf and gold hoop earrings.

Source: Drury Lane Design Collection at the V&A

URL: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1171278/drury-lane-design-col Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) (2018-02-07)

Details

Production
1904
Production Period
Production Credits
  • Attilio Comelli (Artist) (London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Object Category
Material
Technique
Characteristics
  • colour
Object Number
dan_00347

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