Cleopatra costume skirt worn by Lauren Anderson
date: label: Date
content: 2000
name: label: Designed by
content: Judanna Lynn, American
label: Worn by
content: Lauren Anderson, American, born 1965
label: Used by
content: Houston Ballet Company, American, founded 1955
notes: label: Description
content: The gold skirt of a costume for Cleopatra worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The body of the skirt is gold and the back hem is longer than the front. The waistband features a gold appliqué with gold mesh and multicolored beads, pearls, and rhinestones. On either side of the front of the skirt are insets of pink fabric in accordion pleats. Along the hem is a design of large pink and orange tulips with embroidered green leaves and gold metallic threads throughout. Running along the top and bottom of the tulip hem and along each side of the pleats is a red border trim with gold metallic thread. A design of pink circles and dots has been dyed onto the top of the skirt. In the interior of the waistband are several black buttons and hook and eye fasteners. There are two white labels sewn into the interior waistband. One reads [Pittsburg Ballet Theatre] and the spaces on the label form for [Name], [Ballet], [Character], [Accessories] has not been filled out. The other label reads [HOUSTON BALLET] across the top. The body of the label is partially obscured by a black button, but [CLEOPATRA / Name RUG DRESS] is visble. Next to this label is one reading [K. Strasberg]. On the other side of the interior waistband are several name labels reading [ANDERSON], [BEARS], [SCANNELL], [HASSENBOEHLER], [GUMBINNER], [ROJAS].
place: label: Place used
content: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Ballet
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Houston Ballet
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.19.1
objectType: label: Type
content: skirts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on silk, tulle, pearl, metal thread, rhinestone, metal, plastic, and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (w: bottom of skirt): 30 × 52 in. (76.2 × 132.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 14 in. (35.6 cm)