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Drawing

Design
ca.1925 (hand drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fashion drawings of four female figures, the first in a black evening dress, the second in a black, yellow and mustard day dress, the third in an unpainted striped day dress with jacket and the fourth in a yellow dress with black fur-trimmed jacket.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDrawing
Materials and techniques
Ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Sketchbook containing drawings of Art Deco Fashion by Elsie Florence Whitty (née Jones-Gillingham), c.1927
Physical description
Fashion drawings of four female figures, the first in a black evening dress, the second in a black, yellow and mustard day dress, the third in an unpainted striped day dress with jacket and the fourth in a yellow dress with black fur-trimmed jacket.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
  • Width: 37cm
Marks and inscriptions
First figure is dated 1929
Credit line
Given by David Whitty in memory of his beloved mother, Elsie Florence Whitty
Collection
Accession number
E.21:13-2007

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Record createdJuly 14, 2009
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