Drawing
1899-1918 (made)
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Designs (2,300) for women’s indoor, outdoor, day and evening dresses, and hats. 1899-1918. On cream laid paper, mounted in 23 albums, each containing 100 pages, bound in brown, green, blue, red or black leather; 78 designs have been extracted from the mounts. Embossed in gold on the front covers ‘Woolland Brothers, Knightsbridge, London.’
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| Materials and techniques | Water-colour |
| Brief description | One of 23 albums containing designs (2,300) for women's indoor, outdoor, day and evening dresses, and hats. 1899-1918. On cream laid paper, mounted in 23 albums, each containing 100 pages, bound in brown, green, blue, red or black leather; 78 designs have been extracted from the mounts. Embossed in gold on the front covers 'Woolland Brothers, Knightsbridge, London.' |
| Physical description | Designs (2,300) for women’s indoor, outdoor, day and evening dresses, and hats. 1899-1918. On cream laid paper, mounted in 23 albums, each containing 100 pages, bound in brown, green, blue, red or black leather; 78 designs have been extracted from the mounts. Embossed in gold on the front covers ‘Woolland Brothers, Knightsbridge, London.’ |
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| Gallery label | Thomas White after John Woolfe
The North front of Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Etching and engraving from Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol V, 1771
Although it did not appear in the early editions of Vitruvius Britannicus, Holkham Hall was the major example of the great country house in the neo-Palladian style as promoted by Lord Burlington, and a fruitful source of inspiration for many other buildings, both large and small. It was built for Thomas Coke, later first Earl of Leicester, who returned from the Grand Tour in 1718 as a confirmed virtuoso. The house was designed from 1731 'by the Earls of Burlington & Leicester, assisted by Mr William Kent', and built, with modifications, by Matthew Brettingham, from 1734 to 1761. It was conceived as a huge single-storey villa, with a central block symmetrically flanked by four service wings. |
| Credit line | Given by Mr and Mrs A. S. Wightman |
| Object history | These albums were originally presented to Mr. H. G. Wightman, father of the present donor, who was a buyer for Woolland Brothers from c.1899 and who selected, probably in Paris, the dresses illustrated here, to be made to order in London. Mr. Wightman left the firm on the death of Mr. Samuel Woolland, c.1927. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968. |
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| Accession number | E.113-1967 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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