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Design for Wiletts and Sons

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

Sheet of paper printed with two identical female figures wearing a historically-inspired tiered dress and carrying a parasol. Each figure is orientated in the opposite direction to the other.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Wiletts and Sons (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Brief description
A proof for fashion packaging from the firm of Willetts and Sons, London, showing a woman wearing a full, historically-inspired dress, 1920s
Physical description
Sheet of paper printed with two identical female figures wearing a historically-inspired tiered dress and carrying a parasol. Each figure is orientated in the opposite direction to the other.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 25.3cm
Credit line
Presented by Mrs Pamela Joan Gordon in memory of her father, George Frederick Willetts (1893-1961)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
E.3210-2004 (Design)
Collection
Accession number
E.3211-2004

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Record createdJuly 16, 2004
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