Design for Wiletts and Sons
- Object:
Design
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
1930s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Willetts & Sons (commissioned by)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pen and ink and pencil on card
- Credit Line:
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
- Museum number:
E.3216-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case MD, shelf 13, box B
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink on card showing a young woman, side view, wearing a long dress with a full skirt and petticoats. The dress has short puffed sleeves and a sash tied around the middle. The woman is wearing a large bonnet and is carrying a circular hat box. She also has a beauty mark by her right eye.
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
1930s (made)
Artist/maker
Willetts & Sons (commissioned by)
Materials and Techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on card
Dimensions
Height: 30.3 cm, Width: 17.5 cm
Descriptive line
A design for fashion packaging showing a young woman wearing a dress with a wide skirt and carrying a hat box, from the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, 1930s
Materials
Ink; Paper
Techniques
Technique; Drawn
Subjects depicted
Sashes (costume accessories); Boxes (containers); Bonnets (hats); Dresses; Women; Petticoats; Figures (representations)
Categories
Labels & packaging; Fashion; Drawings
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
