Arnison & Sons
Collection:Central Lettering Record
Date: 1960s-1980s
Artist: Alan Bartram
Dimensions:
Sheet: 203 × 254 mm (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 254 × 203 mm (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Medium: black & white photograph
Object number: CLR.2023.211.M.1-2
DescriptionTwo 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.
