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Design for Wiletts and Sons

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

A drawing in pen and ink on paper showing a woman sitting below a blossom tree. She wears a historically-inspired tiered dress and hat. In one hand she is holding two hat boxes and in her other hand she is holding a parasol.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Brief description
A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a seated woman with parasol and hat boxes, 1920
Physical description
A drawing in pen and ink on paper showing a woman sitting below a blossom tree. She wears a historically-inspired tiered dress and hat. In one hand she is holding two hat boxes and in her other hand she is holding a parasol.
Dimensions
  • Height: 52.8cm
  • Width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WILLETTS & SONS/ 29B, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE./ E.C.1' (Stamped in ink on the reverse)
  • '142' (Handwitten and circled in pencil, top)
  • 'No 29B' (Handwritten in ink, within the design)
  • 'Want this' (Handwritten in blue pencil, bottom right)
  • '5 1/2' (Handwritten in red ink along left edge)
  • '7 1/2 [crossed out] inch' (Handwritten in blue pencil, along left edge)
  • 'THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO' (Stamped in ink, bottom left)
  • 'Page [?]/ 291/ Thurs Noon' (Handwritten in pencil, bottom right)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.3218-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
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