Design for store decoration
Design
ca.1953 (made)
ca.1953 (made)
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This design is by Edward Bawden (born Braintree 1903; died Saffron Walden, Essex 1989) who taught at the Royal College of Art from 1933. The design is a detail for the proposed door treatment of Selfridges department store to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Although this drawing is only signed by Bawden, it is one of three for the Coronation decoration of Selfridges' exterior by Bawden and Richard Guyatt (born La Coruña, Spain 1914; died Ham, Wiltshire, 2007) who was Professor of Graphic Arts at the same college. All three are in the collection of the V&A. The other two designs are signed by Guyatt as well. Ephemeral in nature, the drawing shows the way in which the Coronation celebrations engaged participants from a range of British design practice linking them to the commercial enterprise of Oxford Street.
Although this drawing is only signed by Bawden, it is one of three for the Coronation decoration of Selfridges' exterior by Bawden and Richard Guyatt (born La Coruña, Spain 1914; died Ham, Wiltshire, 2007) who was Professor of Graphic Arts at the same college. All three are in the collection of the V&A. The other two designs are signed by Guyatt as well. Ephemeral in nature, the drawing shows the way in which the Coronation celebrations engaged participants from a range of British design practice linking them to the commercial enterprise of Oxford Street.
Object details
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| Title | Design for store decoration (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour, and bodycolour on paper |
| Brief description | Edward Bawden & Richard Guyatt; Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London, Design for the store for the 1953 Coronation, ca. 1953 |
| Physical description | Design, a frontal view of the doorway of Selfridges department store showing the decoration in this area in detail. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Object history | This is a design to decorate the front of Selfridges department store to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. |
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| Summary | This design is by Edward Bawden (born Braintree 1903; died Saffron Walden, Essex 1989) who taught at the Royal College of Art from 1933. The design is a detail for the proposed door treatment of Selfridges department store to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Although this drawing is only signed by Bawden, it is one of three for the Coronation decoration of Selfridges' exterior by Bawden and Richard Guyatt (born La Coruña, Spain 1914; died Ham, Wiltshire, 2007) who was Professor of Graphic Arts at the same college. All three are in the collection of the V&A. The other two designs are signed by Guyatt as well. Ephemeral in nature, the drawing shows the way in which the Coronation celebrations engaged participants from a range of British design practice linking them to the commercial enterprise of Oxford Street. |
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| Accession number | E.441-2010 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2010 |
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