Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

Herrmann, Adelaide. Remnants of Adelaide Herrmann’s Stage Costumes. Circa 1900. Three folded silk fabric remnants from the dances of Adelaide Herrmann, one with a hand-painted butterfly motif, one with silver sequins, and the last of a single solid color. Encased in celluloid and cardboard sleeves as found, each piece accompanied by handwritten notes in pencil identifying the act in which they were used, and a typed card signed by Adelaide Herrmann’s assistant, Roland Travers, stating, “Pieces of Adelaide Herrmann’s dance and serpentine dresses, also her “Night in Japan” costumes, Butterfly Dance, Trilby Dress, Fire Dance,” and dated Sept. 24, 1932. The largest 17 x 14".