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Design

1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in pen and ink showing a young woman wearing a blouse with a skirt and matching waistcoat. The skirt has a deep sash at the waist, tied at one side, and the waistcoat has a scallop-shaped edging.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Brief description
Design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, showing a fashionably-dressed young woman, 1920s
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink showing a young woman wearing a blouse with a skirt and matching waistcoat. The skirt has a deep sash at the waist, tied at one side, and the waistcoat has a scallop-shaped edging.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46cm
  • Width: 17.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Willetts & Sons,/ OFFICES & SHOWROOMS:/ DOMINION HOUSE,/ BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, E.C.1 (Stamped in ink, bottom left)
  • 36 (Handwritten in ink on the right of the design)
  • 273 (Handwritten in blue pencil, bottom right)
  • THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO. (Stamped in ink, bottom right)
  • 7 1/2" (Handwritten in pencil along the right edge)
  • 107 c (Handwritten in pencil, along right edge)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.3235-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
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