Design for Wiletts and Sons
Design
1920s (made)
1920s (made)
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A drawing in pen and ink showing a seated woman wearing a bonnet, cape, full tiered skirt and with her hands in a muff. She sits beneath a tree in blossom. The composition is framed within an oval. There is a pencil inscription at the bottom.
Object details
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| Title | Design for Wiletts and Sons (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | A drawing for fashion packaging from the firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing a full dress, bonnet, muff and cape, 1920s |
| Physical description | A drawing in pen and ink showing a seated woman wearing a bonnet, cape, full tiered skirt and with her hands in a muff. She sits beneath a tree in blossom. The composition is framed within an oval. There is a pencil inscription at the bottom. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Want heavy Shadow from/ waist downwards' (Handwritten in pencil, bottom right) |
| Credit line | Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961) |
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| Accession number | E.3214-2004 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2004 |
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