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From Cowboys to Caffoys – 2015
The Lady Macbeth beetlewing dress
This iconic stage costume was designed for Ellen Terry for the famous 1888 production of Macbeth in which she starred opposite Henry Irving.
Mary Queen of Scots bed
This state bed associated with Mary Queen of Scots was in fact created in the 18th and 19th centuries as an early tourist attraction using 17th century needlework.
Leon Bakst, Le Dieu Bleu Diaghilev Ballets Russes costume
The project in detail From a private collection of early 20th Century dance costumes, this Temple Servant tunic from the ballet Le Dieu Bleu, performed by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, was designed by Leon Bakst. Required to go on loan for display, it was structurally weak from moth damage and had also suffered water damage and …
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