The Daintiest of Leg-Wear(20″ x 30″) Canvas Wall Art

Description

Derry & Toms was a London department store. In 1853 Joseph Toms opened a small drapery shop on Kensington High Street. In 1862 Joseph Toms joined forces with his brother-in-law, Charles Derry to set up Derry & Toms. By 1870 the business had grown to incorporate seven of the surrounding stores, with one of the buildings being used as a mourning department. The company prided itself as being the supplier of goods to the upper class of Kensington. Derry & Toms continued to operate until 1973. F. Gregory Brown (1887 -1941), began his career in the 1900s as an art metalworker. He was a founder member of the Design and Industries Association in 1915. In addition to designing posters for London Underground, railway companies and the Empire Marketing Board, he was a well known landscape painter, illustrator, metal worker and textile designer.