Costume Designs

This material is held atV&A Theatre and Performance Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 71 THM/128/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • undated
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box (92 items)

Scope and Content

92 original Haslemere costume designs for various productions; some signed, all undated. Designs are pencil, ink and paint sketches on cartridge paper and tracing paper, and range in size from 19x28cm - 29x44cm. Most are full colour with 6 being pencil sketches only.

They vary in style from classical to caricature, and feature lone garments, lone figures in costume and groups of characters.

A select number are annotated with character names and act numbers. A few also have fabric swatches attached.

Administrative / Biographical History

These folders contain Heslewood original costume designs.