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Design

1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Willetts & Sons (Commissioned by)
The Roseland Studio (Artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

A drawing showing a woman wearing a shift dress and an unfastened coat with fur cuffs and collar. She is also wearing a cloche hat and a bead necklace.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Fashion
Labels & Packaging
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Pen
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Brief description
Design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts & Sons, showing a young woman wearing a cloche hat, dress and unfastened coat, 1920s
Physical description
A drawing showing a woman wearing a shift dress and an unfastened coat with fur cuffs and collar. She is also wearing a cloche hat and a bead necklace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.9cm
  • Width: 26.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 186. (Handwritten and underlined in pencil, top right)
  • 7 1/2 inches/ Reduce to (Handwritten in blue pencil, along the right edge)
  • No 31 (Handwritten in ink, below the design)
  • THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO. (Printed in ink, bottom left)
  • 5 11/16 (Handwritten and underlined in pencil, top right corner)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Woman
Coats
Dresses
Cloches
Associated object
E.3206-2004 (Reproduction)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3245-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101589/design-willetts--sons/
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