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Design for Wiletts and Sons

Design
1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing showing a young woman wearing a calf-length coat with large buttoned cuffs, a large buttoned pocket and a large stand-up collar. The coat is cut on the bias from a large tartan design. The woman also wears a cloche hat topped with a tartan bow. Her hands are resting on her hips. The design is marked ‘No19’.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on card
Brief description
A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing a tartan coat, 1920s
Physical description
Drawing showing a young woman wearing a calf-length coat with large buttoned cuffs, a large buttoned pocket and a large stand-up collar. The coat is cut on the bias from a large tartan design. The woman also wears a cloche hat topped with a tartan bow. Her hands are resting on her hips. The design is marked ‘No19’.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.7cm
  • Width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO. (Stamped in ink, bottom left)
  • No 19 (Handwritten in ink at the foot of the design)
  • 7/12 (Handwritten in blue pencil, right edge)
  • also 1 Elec (Handwritten and underlined in pencil, right edge)
  • 4 (Handwritten and circled in pencil, right edge)
  • Unmtd [?] (Handwritten and underlined in pencil, 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.3228-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
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