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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird in ‘L’Oiseau de Feu’, London, England, 1911 / src: E.O. Hoppé
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Cutting from a scrapbook created by Gilbert Barker: photograph of
Tamara Karsavina in the title role of Fokine’s The Firebird [L’Oiseau de
feu], 1910.
Karsavina’s costume was designed by Léon Bakst; it presented her in a
tall plumed headdress adorned with long plaits, wearing ‘harem-style’
trousers. Photo: Bertram Park / src: Royal Ballet School
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Apeda Studio (NY) :: Daisy Morgan posed in a harem costume, undated. / source: NYPL