Box 48-53: Theatre costume designs, ca. 1888-1970

PXD 1063/Boxes 48-53

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ca. 1888-1970

Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Ephemera

423705

373 watercolour drawings - 45 x 50 cm. or smaller
Ephemera - 5 p. of cigarette cards

BOX 48
1-6. Hugh Paterson designs, ca. 1888
7-16. Howell Russell designs, 1892-1894
17-24. R. Crafter designs, nos 22-24 inscribed "Gooseland" and including the names of the performers on the back of each design
25-32. Herbert Norris designs, 1909, 1914 (nos 30-31 inscribed "Miss Florence and "Miss Comptoy")
33-38. "Mes Poiret" designs, [ca. 1918-1920]

BOX 49
1-18. Will R. Barnes (of New York) designs, 1896, ca. 1920
19-37. [Designs with attached fabric samples, mainly for pantomime Cinderella, 1894 / Attilio Comelli]
38-42. [Designs for a show with Scene 7 called Happy Land, 1907 / Attilio Comelli]
43-50. [Designs, 1911 (nos 46-50 from a show on Sinbad) / Attilio Comelli]
51-55. [Designs, 1913 / Attilio Comelli]
55a-c. [Three damaged designs, including one by Comelli and one for the show "Scarlet feather" ?]

BOX 50
1-6. [Designs, 1915 (surnames of performers who wore the costumes written in pencil on the back of each design) / Attilio Comelli]
7-8. [Designs, 1917 / Attilio Comelli]
9. Contadini, Act II, The Gondoliers
10. [Design, 1918 / Attilio Comelli]
11-12. [Designs for Baby Bunting]
13-14. [Hugh Paterson designs, 1888]
15-25. [Cigarette cards of British, Indian, Italian & Russian soldiers and designs for Austrian, French and Russian soldiers]
26-136. [Unidentified productions, some with name of actor or character]

BOX 51
1-4. [Designs by Aaron Conans (Covans ?), 1920's (no.4 for show or song "You're in love")]
5. [Stage and costume design for a "middle eastern" show]
6. Powder Puff dancer
7-15. [Designs for Luisillo and his Spanish Dance Theatre, ca. 1967]
16-19. Designs for Ladies in retirement, 1940 / [William] Constable
20-47. [Designs for Turandot, 1955] / Pompeii
48-62. Designs for The Lady of the rose, ca. 1920
63-70. [Designs for an early "middle eastern" show]

BOX 52
1-2. [Designs for Freddie (Mr Rignold) and Mr Hestor]
3. [Designs for the bustle period in Zig-zag, 1917 (3 p.)]
4. Design for a maid in My lady Molly / Simmons's Costumes
5. [Design] / by M.B.
6-10. [Designs for characters representing Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland] / nos 6-9 by H.R.; no.10 by Benison
11. ["Fairy" design for children] / H.R.
12. Design for Genii of the Lamp
13-19. [Designs for an early "middle eastern" show]
20. Design by I.S.K.
21-31. [Poiret style costumes with cast measurements on the back]
32. Design for character representing Queensland / M.B.

BOX 53
1-44. [Miscellaneous designs]

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Copyright holder:: for works by William Constable: Deirdre Constable (daughter)

Box 52 no.3: ref. The Sketch supplement, 28 Feb 1917, pp.3-6
Designs were imported by the Australian theatrical firm, J. C. Williamson Theatres Limited for use in the local productions of musicals such as Our Miss Gibbs (1909), The Chocolate Soldier (1910) and Chu Chin Chow (1920), and the pantomimes Cinderella (1901) and Mother Goose (1915).

Transferred from Pic.Acc.2265 Boxes 48-53, August 2010