Historical information

Dance programme signs like this were used to indicate the order in which dances would be danced at a ball, as guidance for the participants and the musicians. They would probably have been inserted in a frame prior the start of the dance.

Physical description

Seven double sided dance programme signs. Hand painted in black ornate capital letters on white painted metal.

Inscriptions & markings

Sign 1: EXINE QUAD/PARISIAN QUAD
Sign 2: HIGH' SCOTTISCHE/STRATHSPEY & REEL
Sign 3: BARN DANCE/THISTLE.C.D
SIGN 4: CLUTHA.C./PETRONELLA .C.D
SIGN 5: TRIUMPH. C.D/GRAND MARCH
SIGN 6: FIRST SET, QUAD/ALBERTS.QUAD
SIGN 7: SCHOTTISCHE