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Design for a hairbrush

Design
1910-12 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a hairbrush.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a hairbrush (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Brief description
Knox, Archibald: design for a hairbrush
Physical description
Design for a hairbrush.
Dimensions
  • Height: 345mm (maximum)
  • Width: 174mm (maximum)
Size of sheet from original catalogue: 13 ½ x 6 ¾ inches (34.3 x 17.2 cm).
Style
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with a note.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Denise Wren.
Object history
This is one of a group of 134 drawings acquired by the donor at the end of the summer term of 1912 at Kingston Art School, where Archibald Knox was a teacher. She retrieved them from Knox's wastepaper basket and donated them to the V&A in 1969. The designs were probably unaccepted submissions to Liberty's department store. That same year, Knox abruptly broke off contact with the art schools and Liberty's and returned to the Isle of Man.
Association
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Robert Knifton and Fran Lloyd, Kingston School of Art: 140 years : 1875-2015, Kingston : [Kingston University?], 2015. ISBN: 9781907684289.
Collection
Accession number
E.327-1969

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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