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Marjorie O. Best
Costume Sketch of Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith in Warner Brothers Production, 'King Richard and the Crusaders'1954

Not on view
Costume design drawing in pencil and colored pencil, full-length figure of a woman in a flowing medieval-style gold and silver gown with a tiara, labeled "LADY EDITH"

Marjorie O. Best, Costume Sketch of Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith in Warner Brothers Production, 'King Richard and the Crusaders', 1954, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Marjorie O. Best
United States, 1943-1965
Title
Costume Sketch of Virginia Mayo as Lady Edith in Warner Brothers Production, 'King Richard and the Crusaders'
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1954
Medium
Pencil, watercolor and silver wash on paper
Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.85.144.3
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward; A. Annas; S. LaValley; Elois Jenssen. Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Grollemond, Larisa, and Bryan C. Keene. The Fantasy of the Middle Ages: an Epic Journey through Imaginary Medieval Worlds. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2022.