Design for Wiletts and Sons

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Artist/Maker	Willetts & Sons (commissioned by)
Place of origin	London (made)

Drawing showing a young woman wearing a knee-length summer evening dress in a large Japanese-style pattern. She has her right hand placed on her hip. Below her waist is a wide sash which is tied loosely at the side and flows down onto the ground. Behind her is a picture window and a shelf upon which is placed a large candlestick with three lit candles.

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Categories	Labels & Packaging Fashion Drawings
Object type	Design
Title	Design for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and pencil on cream card Ink Paper Drawn
Brief description	A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London , showing a woman wearing an evening dress, 1920s
Physical description	Drawing showing a young woman wearing a knee-length summer evening dress in a large Japanese-style pattern. She has her right hand placed on her hip. Below her waist is a wide sash which is tied loosely at the side and flows down onto the ground. Behind her is a picture window and a shelf upon which is placed a large candlestick with three lit candles.
Dimensions	Height: 47.2cm Width: 25.8cm
Marks and inscriptions	'No 30' (Handwritten in ink at the bottom of the design) 'Want this' (Handwritten in blue pencil and with an arrow pointing at the 'No 30' inscription) '49' (Handwritten and circled in pencil, right edge) '7 1/2"' (Handwritten first in blue pencil and then gone over in ordinary pencil, right edge) 'THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO.' (Stamped in ink, bottom right)
Credit line	Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted	Orientalism Figures (Representations) Women Evening Dresses Sashes (Costume Accessories) Windows Candlesticks
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3217-2004

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Record created	July 15, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101621/design-for-wiletts-and-sons-design-willetts--sons/

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