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Design for Wiletts and Sons

Design
1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Willetts & Sons (commissioned by)
Place of origin
London (made)

Drawing showing a young woman wearing a knee-length summer evening dress in a large Japanese-style pattern. She has her right hand placed on her hip. Below her waist is a wide sash which is tied loosely at the side and flows down onto the ground. Behind her is a picture window and a shelf upon which is placed a large candlestick with three lit candles.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Fashion
Drawings
Object type
Design
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on cream card
Ink
Paper
Drawn
Brief description
A design drawing by the Roseland Studio for the packaging firm of Willetts and Sons, London , showing a woman wearing an evening dress, 1920s
Physical description
Drawing showing a young woman wearing a knee-length summer evening dress in a large Japanese-style pattern. She has her right hand placed on her hip. Below her waist is a wide sash which is tied loosely at the side and flows down onto the ground. Behind her is a picture window and a shelf upon which is placed a large candlestick with three lit candles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 47.2cm
  • Width: 25.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 30' (Handwritten in ink at the bottom of the design)
  • 'Want this' (Handwritten in blue pencil and with an arrow pointing at the 'No 30' inscription)
  • '49' (Handwritten and circled in pencil, right edge)
  • '7 1/2"' (Handwritten first in blue pencil and then gone over in ordinary pencil, right edge)
  • 'THE "ROSELAND" STUDIO.' (Stamped in ink, bottom right)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Orientalism
Figures (Representations)
Women
Evening Dresses
Sashes (Costume Accessories)
Windows
Candlesticks
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3217-2004

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Record createdJuly 15, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101621/design-for-wiletts-and-sons-design-willetts--sons/
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