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She freed ballet from the affectation and stylization of the 18th centuryand created a new image of the  ballerina, with her dress of a tight-fitting off-the-shoulder bodice and calf-length skirt, worn with pink tights and pink shoes. \n\nPrincess Victoria saw Taglioni at the theatre several times, and in her journal entry for the 27th June 1833, noted that she 'danced beautifully &amp; looked lovely' when she saw her in <i>La Sylphide</i> at Covent Garden. She also sketched her, and it is in this connection that this figure was made to be part of <i>Royal Box</i>, the V&amp;A exhibition about royalty and the theatre in 1977, the Silver Jubilee of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne.\n\nSince making this figures, one of ten he made for the exhibition, Martin Adams went on to specialise in jewellery and jewellery-related props, making items including crowns, jewellery and sceptres for hundreds of films, television shows and theatrical productions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\n\n\n","physicalDescription":"Figure of Marie Taglioni mounted on a metal rod, wearing a white net knee-length Romantic tutu edged in white satin, with a fitted bodice with short, off-the shoulder sleeves, and white and silver foliate headdress","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Martin Adams","id":"A23110"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Galvanised wire armature on metal rod, modelled with DAX self-hardening modelling clay painted in acrylic paint base with gouache details. Yak and synthetic hair, mixed fabrics, beads, buttons and sequins, ribbon, lace and Copydex adhesive.","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Figures","id":"THES274372"},{"text":"Dance","id":"THES252984"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2019MF6973"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES355418"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1977","earliest":"1977-01-01","latest":"1977-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This figure is one of ten Victorian and Edwardian personalities made by the property maker Martin Adams for the exhibition <i>Royal Box</i>, held at the V&A from 3rd May until 2nd October 1977. They were commissioned by Alexander Schouvaloff, Head of the Theatre Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, for the exhibition designed by the set designer Bruno Santini. Each was made on a two inch to one foot scale, and was mouted on a metal rod for display purposes, the rods planted in blocks of polystyrene foam. The set comprised King Edward VII, The Mikado, Marie Taglioni, Niccoló Paginini, Lily Langtry, Vesta Tilley, Dan Leno, and Henry Irving and Queen Victoria, made to hold hands","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Figure of Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), made for the exhibition <i>Royal Box</i>, V&A 1977. 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