Design for Wiletts and Sons
Design
1920s (made)
1920s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Design drawing showing the upper half of a young woman sitting at an angle. She wears a hat with a stuffed or artificial bird upon it and long feathers trailing down the side. She is also wearing a thick scarf, a double string of pearls and she has a beauty mark under her left eye. The design is marked ‘No. 15’ and there is heavy shading in blue pencil at the bottom of the design. Instructions written in pencil.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for Wiletts and Sons (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, ink and pencil on cream card |
| Brief description | A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a young woman in a hat with a bird upon it, 1920s |
| Physical description | Design drawing showing the upper half of a young woman sitting at an angle. She wears a hat with a stuffed or artificial bird upon it and long feathers trailing down the side. She is also wearing a thick scarf, a double string of pearls and she has a beauty mark under her left eye. The design is marked ‘No. 15’ and there is heavy shading in blue pencil at the bottom of the design. Instructions written in pencil. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Marks and inscriptions |
|
| Credit line | Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3227-2004 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | July 15, 2004 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSON
