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Design

1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Willetts & Sons (Commissioned by)
The Roseland Studio (Artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Design drawing in pen and ink on card showing a young woman with ringlets in historic costume. She wears a tasselled shawl, an 1840s style dress and a bonnet with flowers and long ribbon. There is a mirror behind her and the whole composition is arranged in a circular frame.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Designs
Labels & Packaging
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on card
Pen
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Brief description
A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman in historic costume, 1920s
Physical description
Design drawing in pen and ink on card showing a young woman with ringlets in historic costume. She wears a tasselled shawl, an 1840s style dress and a bonnet with flowers and long ribbon. There is a mirror behind her and the whole composition is arranged in a circular frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 43cm
  • Width: 36cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 33 (Handwritten in ink below the design)
  • No Word Here (Handwritten in blue pencil, bottom left)
  • 427 (Handwritten and circled in pencil, bottom centre)
  • Willetts & Sons,/ OFFICES & SHOWROOMS;-/ DOMINION HOUSE,/ BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, E.C.1. (Stamped in ink, bottom left)
  • Reduce to 8 inches (Handwritten in blue pencil, right edge)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Girls
Dresses
Bonnets (Hats)
Shawls
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3239-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
Record URL
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