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Design for Wiletts and Sons

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

A drawing in pen and ink showing a seated woman wearing a bonnet, cape, full tiered skirt and with her hands in a muff. She sits beneath a tree in blossom. The composition is framed within an oval. There is a pencil inscription at the bottom.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Brief description
A drawing for fashion packaging from the firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing a full dress, bonnet, muff and cape, 1920s
Physical description
A drawing in pen and ink showing a seated woman wearing a bonnet, cape, full tiered skirt and with her hands in a muff. She sits beneath a tree in blossom. The composition is framed within an oval. There is a pencil inscription at the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.6cm
  • Width: 17cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Prefer Bunch of Flowers/ or Sprig of above Floral in place/ of muff! - narrow Band on hat' (Inscribed in pencil along bottom 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.3213-2004

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Record createdJuly 16, 2004
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