Description
Photographic print, black & white, advertising sign for Bond's Triple-Wear Hose, designed by Rousel Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920s
The sign by artist Stan Denford of Rousel Studios features a young woman playing tennis while wearing a white calf length tennis dress with sleeves to the elbow, a white belt, white stockings, and white tennis shoes. She is pictured in the action of hitting a tennis ball with a wooden tennis racket in her left hand and holding a second service ball in her right hand. The text reads, "BOND'S/TRIPLE-WEAR HOUSE../Supreme/in Service". The name of "ROUSEL STUDIOS" is at the bottom right of the sign.
Marks
In pen on the page of the photograph album, "WATER COLOUR SIGN/ARTIST STAN DENFORD".