Design
1920s (made)
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This design is from the packaging company Willetts & Sons, which was based in London from 1910 until the 1960s. The company made paper bags, card boxes, labels and tickets for a range of different clothes stores. Sometimes they employed artists to illustrate these items.
This example was drawn by an unknown commercial artist in the 1920s. It shows a glamorous young woman contemplating her wardrobe, an image clearly designed to appeal to fashionable customers and to reflect well on the clothes store which used it.
The V&A holds over 40 similar designs from Willetts & Sons.
This example was drawn by an unknown commercial artist in the 1920s. It shows a glamorous young woman contemplating her wardrobe, an image clearly designed to appeal to fashionable customers and to reflect well on the clothes store which used it.
The V&A holds over 40 similar designs from Willetts & Sons.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and blue pencil crayon on paper |
| Brief description | Design drawing for the packaging firm of Willetts & Sons, showing a young woman examining pairs of new stockings, 1920s |
| Physical description | Drawing in pen and ink with blue pencil showing a young woman dressed in a negligee and dressing gown. She is examining several pairs of stockings which are arranged before her, enclosed in tissue paper and shallow boxes. On the reverse is a sketch of stockings hanging off a hoop. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961) |
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| Summary | This design is from the packaging company Willetts & Sons, which was based in London from 1910 until the 1960s. The company made paper bags, card boxes, labels and tickets for a range of different clothes stores. Sometimes they employed artists to illustrate these items. This example was drawn by an unknown commercial artist in the 1920s. It shows a glamorous young woman contemplating her wardrobe, an image clearly designed to appeal to fashionable customers and to reflect well on the clothes store which used it. The V&A holds over 40 similar designs from Willetts & Sons. |
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| Accession number | E.3244-2004 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2004 |
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