Arnison & Sons

Date

1960s-1980s

Collection

Central Lettering Record

Creator(s)

The Museum System, Alan Bartram

Code

CLR.2023.211.M.1-2

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License

Creative Commons

Two instances of the same commercial building (local drapery), raised ceramic capital letterforms combining sans serif (grotesque) monolinear , serif (flared) low contrast, and serif (wedged) monolinear (no contast).

Over the main entrance, on the fascia, three-dimensional wood lettering, round section, script (writing influence), with family name, ’Arnisons’. Location: Penrith, Cumberland.

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