{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O1301905"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1301905/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2014HJ1209/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2014HJ1209/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2014HJ1209","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O1301905","accessionNumber":"S.2182-2014","objectType":"Costume design","titles":[{"title":"Cecil Beaton costume design","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"Costume design by Cecil Beaton for <i>Kipps</i>, a film based on the novel by H. G. Wells, directed by Carol Reed, with Diana Wynyard and Michael Redgrave, 1941.\n\nSir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was best known as a photographer.  Beaton also worked as an illustrator, a diarist, and designer for stage and film. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958). \n\n","physicalDescription":"Pencil on paper costume design with pen annotation drawn by Cecil Beaton for <i>Kipps,</i> a film based on the novel by H. G. Wells, directed by Carol Reed, with Diana Wynyard and Michael Redgrave, 1941. The design shows a woman in a long floral dress reclining in a chair alongside a stringed instrument, potted plant, and what looks like an ornately decorated screen.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Beaton, Cecil (Sir)","id":"A5902"},"association":{"text":"costume designers","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing (image-making)","id":"AAT54196"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil and ink on paper ","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Dance","id":"THES252984"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2014HJ1209"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES343884"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Central and North America","id":"x32908"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1941","earliest":"1941-01-01","latest":"1941-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the executors of Eileen Hose","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"28","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Kipps","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"On reverse side in black ink"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Costume design by Cecil Beaton for <i>Kipps</i>, a film based on the novel by H. G. Wells, directed by Carol Reed, with Diana Wynyard and Michael Redgrave, 1941","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.2182-2014"],"accessionNumberNum":"2182","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2014,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-06-07","recordCreationDate":"2014-10-24","availableToBook":true}}