Design for Wiletts and Sons

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

Drawing in ink of a young woman wearing a dress with a full tiered skirt, holding a parasol, wearing a bonnet with a long bow which trails down her back. The number 32 is written in ink below the design.

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Categories	Fashion Labels & Packaging Drawings
Object type	Design
Title	Design for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and pencil on card Ink Paper Drawn
Brief description	A design drawing showing a young woman carrying a parasol and wearing a tiered dress from the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, 1930s
Physical description	Drawing in ink of a young woman wearing a dress with a full tiered skirt, holding a parasol, wearing a bonnet with a long bow which trails down her back. The number 32 is written in ink below the design.
Dimensions	Height: 36.8cm Width: 26.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'WILLETTS (Tidypaks) LTD./ 7 & 9 Railway Approach,/ TWICKENHAM, MDDX.' (Stamped in ink three times on the front of the design and once on the reverse) 'Reduce to 7 1/2 inches' (Handwritten in blue pencil along the right edge. The '7 1/2' has been crossed out in red pencil.) '2 1/2"' (Handwritten in red pencil along the right edge, over the '7 1/2') '7 3/16' (Handwritten in pencil and crossed out in red pencil, top right corner) '32' (Handwritten in ink and corssed out in purple pencil, bottom right) 'UN/MTD' (Stamped in ink on the reverse) 'W.8786/ K 1' (Handwritten in blue ink on the reverse)
Credit line	Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted	Figures Women Dresses Bonnet Ribbon
Associated objects	E.3212-2004 (Reproduction) E.3211-2004 (Reproduction)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3210-2004

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Record created	July 16, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101647/design-for-wiletts-and-sons-design-willetts--sons/

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