Design
1920s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A print showing a woman, seen from behind, wearing a Japanese-style tasselled shawl over a short black evening dress. She is also wearing a long beaded necklace, which she touches with one hand. Her dark hair is tied in a chignon with a large Japanese-style ornament.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Print on paper |
| Brief description | A proof print from the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing an evening dress and a shawl, 1920s, the design prepared by the Roseland Studio |
| Physical description | A print showing a woman, seen from behind, wearing a Japanese-style tasselled shawl over a short black evening dress. She is also wearing a long beaded necklace, which she touches with one hand. Her dark hair is tied in a chignon with a large Japanese-style ornament. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '40' (Printed in ink at the bottom of the image) |
| Credit line | Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | E.3222-2004 (Design) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3201-2004 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2004 |
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