Insignia, Nijinsky, Vaslav, St Petersburg, 1900s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900s
Insignia, Nijinsky, Vaslav, St Petersburg, 1900s is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1900s. The museum's brief description reads: Insignia from Vaslav Nijinsky's dress uniform for the Imperial Ballet School 1900s.
Museum description: Silver alloy brooch depicting a lyre (the insignia of the Imperial Theatrical School) The insignia has been mounted in in an oval case with metal frame, blue velvet covered backing, and glass The museum record gives material recorded as silver alloy, metal, glass, velvet; measurements Height 4.3 cm; Width 3 cm; Depth .2 cm; Height 6.4 cm; Width 5.4 cm; place associated: St Petersburg; maker recorded: Nijinsky, Vaslav.
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Historical context
Insignia in silver alloy from Vaslav Nijinsky’s dress uniform for the Imperial Ballet School, St Petersburg. The brooch depicts a lyre (the insignia of the Imperial Theatrical School). It has been mounted in in an oval case with metal frame, blue velvet covered backing, and glass (replaced 1985) c.1907.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver alloy, metal, glass, velvet
- Dimensions
- Height 4.3 cm; Width 3 cm; Depth .2 cm; Height 6.4 cm; Width 5.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Cast silver mounted in a frame
- Maker recorded
- Nijinsky, Vaslav
- Place recorded
- St Petersburg
Identification
- Museum object name
- Insignia
- Museum object number
- S.18-2016
- Museum system number
- O1328251
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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