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Design for Wiletts and Sons

Design
1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of a young woman wearing a full length evening coat with fur trims at the collar and cuffs, panels of marbled patterned fabric and a tie at the side. The woman is wearing a cloche hat with a flower on the side. She is also wearing gloves and holding opera glasses.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on cream card
Brief description
A design drawing by the Ruskin Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing an evening coat and holding opera glasses, 1920s
Physical description
Drawing of a young woman wearing a full length evening coat with fur trims at the collar and cuffs, panels of marbled patterned fabric and a tie at the side. The woman is wearing a cloche hat with a flower on the side. She is also wearing gloves and holding opera glasses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 47.6cm
  • Width: 18.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '7 1/2' (Handwritten in pencil along the right edge)
  • '583' (Handwritten and underlined in pencil below the design)
  • 'Coarse Stipple' (Handwritten in pencil below the design)
  • 'Thurs 3pm' (Handwritten in pencil below the design)
  • 'THE RUSKIN STUDIO/ VII, NEW COURT, W.C.2.' (Stamped in ink on the reverse)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.3220-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
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