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The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest and was proably acquired by him as possible illustration in his various publications on ballet design.  Four of the designs (this design S.232-2000 with S.234-2000, S.235-2000 and S.354-2001) from the group of ten in the collection were reproduced in Beaumont's Five Centuries of Ballet Design, published by The Studio Ltd., London, nd.\n\nHistorical significance: An example of a costume in the shape of a vegetable from one of the large spectacular realistic productions which characterised Italian ballet in the late 19th century.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Costume design by P Croce for a Radish in the ballet in <i>Amor</i>, late 19th century","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Vegetable","id":"x33491"},{"text":"Radish","id":"x33580"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Gallery rotation, 2020\n\nCOSTUME DESIGNS FOR <i>AMOR</i>\r\n1886\n\r\nFrom a series of ten vegetable-themed costume designs for the ballet <i>Amor</i>, these sketches depict a potato, carrot, sweet chestnut and radish. 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