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The upper layer of the skirt has been gathered up on the right hip. The figure also wears sandals and a gold band in her hair.  The figure has been drawn and painted over a grey wash.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Stone, Alix","id":"A5363"},"association":{"text":"Costume designer","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"Paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"Paint","id":"AAT15029"},{"text":"Pencil","id":"x30347"}],"techniques":[{"text":"Painted","id":"x30138"},{"text":"Drawn","id":"x30545"},{"text":"wash technique","id":"AAT182748"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil, Pen & Ink, White Paint, and Wash, on Paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Opera","id":"THES263971"},{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2013GJ8585"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES356721"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"costume design","id":"AAT163423"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Chicago","id":"x30479"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1962","earliest":"1962-01-01","latest":"1962-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Painted, Drawn","id":"x30769"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.284-2001","id":"O59408"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"544","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"360","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"' Alix Stone '","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"ink","method":"handwriting","position":"Lower right hand corner","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Signature","note":"Signature; Lower right hand corner; handwriting; ink"},{"content":"' EURIDICE / Miss Della Casa '","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"ink","method":"handwriting","position":"Lower left hand corner.","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Textual information","note":"Textual information; Lower left hand corner.; handwriting; ink"}],"objectHistory":"This costume design by Alix Stone is part of an extensive collection of designs purchased by the Theatre Museum directly from the artist in 1994.  The design was executed for a production of  Gluck's opera \"Orpheus and Eurydice\", performed by the Lyric Opera of Chicago, November 24th 1962.  The opera was produced by Christopher West, conducted by Piere Dervaux, choreographed by Ruth Page, and the cast featured Gabriel Bacquier as Orpheus, and Lisa Della Casa as Eurydice.  The principal dancer was Maria Tallchief.\r\n\r\nThe production (originally produced and choreographed by Frederick Ashton, designed by Sophie Fedorovitch, and lit by Louis Yudkin) was borrowed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where it was premiered on February 3rd 1953. The original cast featured Kathleen Ferrier as Orpheus.  Alix Stone designed new costumes for the principal artists in the 1962 Chicago revival.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Costume design by Alix Stone for Lisa Della Casa as Eurydice in \"<i>Orpheus and Eurydice</i>\", Lyric Opera of Chicago, November 24th 1962","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"Reason For Production: Commission","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Eurydice","id":"N378"}],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Fedorovitch, Sophie","id":"N1297"},{"text":"Gluck, Christoph Willibald von","id":"N1310"},{"text":"Ashton, Frederick William Mallandaine (Sir)","id":"N1312"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Costume","id":"AAT209261"},{"text":"Opera","id":"x31801"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Orpheus and Euryide","Orfeo ed Euridice"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.233-2001"],"accessionNumberNum":"233","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2001,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-08","recordCreationDate":"2001-05-29","availableToBook":true}}