Lot Essay
Jean Percival recalls making this headdress and thinks it was for a production in Dallas.
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The Moor's Pavane
Production: Première - August 17th, 1949, Connecticut College, New London, U.S.A. Fonteyn first danced with Nureyev - July 8th, 1975, Washington
Music: Henry Purcell
Choreography: José Limon
Design: Pauline Lawrence
Character: Desdemona
A headdress in the form of an imitation pearl tiara, with twisted silvered braid fronds decorated with imitation pearls in the form of floral buds, surmounted by an imitation mother-of-pearl flowerhead cluster
Production: Première - August 17th, 1949, Connecticut College, New London, U.S.A. Fonteyn first danced with Nureyev - July 8th, 1975, Washington
Music: Henry Purcell
Choreography: José Limon
Design: Pauline Lawrence
Character: Desdemona
A headdress in the form of an imitation pearl tiara, with twisted silvered braid fronds decorated with imitation pearls in the form of floral buds, surmounted by an imitation mother-of-pearl flowerhead cluster
Literature
BLAND, Alexander Fonteyn and Nureyev, London: Orbis Publishing, 1979, pp.200-203 (illus.)
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