Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute

Costume design for Muir of Huntershill: "Miss Mackey""

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  • Daphne Dare Papers, Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University

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  • Costume design for Muir of Huntershill: "Miss Mackey""
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  • 1962
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Summary
  • Drawing depicts a full-length standing woman in frontal pose wearing a yellow and white striped dress with puff sleeves, a sheered neckline and empire waist tied with an orange ribbon in the back. She wears two bead necklaces around her neck. She has white gloves on that reach past her elbows. In one of her hands she holds a fan, while her other hand is behind her back. Two tall curved feathers are affixed to an orange and yellow headpiece that holds back abundant brown curls. The black ink drawing is tinted with watercolor washes.
Description
  • In marker, upper right: "Dance & archery"
  • In pencil, bottom left: "Miss Mackey; Mary Gibson"
  • Performer and Role: Mary Gibson as Miss Mackey
  • In pencil, bottom right: "10 yds striped; 6 white; 2 orange silk"
  • Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Attachments: two swatches (not reproduced)—ivory fabric and yellow fabric with white polka dots
Provenance
  • From the estate of Daphne Dare, Valerie Minifie, executor, London (2001)

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  • SPEC.TRI.DD.DES.1017
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  • SPEC.TRI.DD
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  • 40 x 25 cm
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  • paper (fiber product)
  • markers (drawing instruments)
  • watercolor (paint)
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.

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