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Search Collections - Ontario Heritage Trust 11665 false 11665 https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/132336026/2/1/11665?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS_OPAC 981.10.40A-D Scenery 11665 https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/132336026/2/1/11665/WEB_UNION_DET_REP?RECORD&DATABASE=SELECTION_LIST Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre Four wings .40 a-d for a Victorian conservatory stage scene. The wings feature windows, with gold coloured stars in the very top panes of the windows, pillars, vines, potted plants, and urns to create the impression that you are viewing a conservatory in the Victorian era. The two sets of wings are actually two different sizes, .40a-b being slightly taller than .40c-d, indicating that the taller wings were likely used in the downstairs Elgin Theatre, and the shorter wings used in the Winter Garden. Differences in colouration behind the windows in the two wings is also evident, indicating the wings were probably made for two different sets. .40a-b wings are also darker with a slightly different style of pillar and conservatory design than .40c-d. Two sets were required to accommodate the scenic needs of the double houses. A close examination of these wings of these wings indicates that the conservatory subject has been painted over some other composition. Certain colours, especially solferino lake or magenta have leeched through the conservatory painting. It may indicate that these wings were painted on an old flattage at the Marcus Lowe's studio. wood, pine bois, pin Muslin pigment pigment PAINTED MARCUS LOEWS SCENIC STUDIO New York City New York United States HOWARD, ALBERT S. P921 A painted backdrop with two arch borders would have been used to complete the composition of this scenery set. At the time of its creation, a conservatory drop with wings would be used as a throw back to the traditional stock scenery of the turn of the century and would have been used with and sometime as the olio drop. The drop was usually downstage with seldom more than a single set of side wings for masking. The backdrop was painted to resemble the back of a glass wall of a Victorian conservatory with distant garden vistas complete with many lush tropical plants in the foreground. 16 feet 69 inches 9: Recreational Artifacts Public Entertainment Devices Set, Stage image https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/981.10.40A-D_EWG_981.10.40a_Conservatory_Wings_6.3.jpg image https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/981.10.40A-D_EWG_981.10.40b_Conservatory_Wings_6.4.jpg image https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/981.10.40A-D_EWG_981.10.40c_Conservatory_Wings_6.1.jpg image https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/981.10.40A-D_EWG_981.10.40d_Conservatory_Wings_6.2%280%29.jpg Cultural ARTIFACT ca. 1918 https://OHT.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/132336026/2/1?ADDSELECTION&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&DBNAME=SELECTION_LIST https://oht.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/132336026?SHOWORDERLIST&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&NEW=Y false 0 11665