1924
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Fastening her Dress is a 1924 paint by Laura Knight, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A woman stands in a backstage room fixing another woman’s dress. The light catches the lace and silk. One hand holds the fabric, the other adjusts the stays. The painter shows a quiet moment before a play. Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies wears Juliet’s costume. Laura Knight was there, watching behind the scenes. See how the folds of the dress catch the light? It feels real. Check out more works by Knight, Laura at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The work depicts Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies being laced into the underdress of her Juliet costume by a dresser in a backstage area of London’s Regent Theatre in 1924. Ffrangcon-Davies stands in profile to the right, wearing a corn-yellow satin snood with a central jewel and a pink empire-line dress trimmed with black ribbon, white cotton frills, and a central inset panel. Behind her, the dresser in a light brown blouse, dark brown skirt, and white apron works on the laces while costumes hang on a rack nearby. The scene reflects Laura Knight’s long-standing interest in theatre and her friendship…
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Dame Laura Knight was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint.
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