Costume design by Kenneth Rowell for the Widow in William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, Old Vic Company

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Title Costume design by Kenneth Rowell for the Widow in William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, Old Vic Company
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Abstract/Description Costume design for the Widow in The Taming of the Shrew, showing a full length female figure in a tight bodiced black dress with a 'farthingale' skirt, overskirt, full sleeves and grey hanging sleeves, the skirt and sleeves decorated with a pattern of white lines and diamonds shapes. the bodice with white lines radiating out from the point of the stomacher. She wears a black ruff and necklace and a black 'Mary Stuart' cap.
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Date Created 1954
Catalogue ID S.1146-2011
Holding Institution Victoria & Albert Department of Theatre and Performance
Language English
Medium Watercolour, pencil and ink on paper
Extent Height: 57.7 cm, Width: 39.2 cm
Citation Kenneth Rowell, Costume design by Kenneth Rowell for the Widow in William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, Old Vic Company, Victoria & Albert Department of Theatre and Performance, 1954
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Resource Identifier 68519