Name/TitleLavender cold frame at Perks and Llewellyn oil painting
About this objectOil painting of lavender cold frame at rear of the Perks and Llewellyn chemist shop. Perks and Llewellyn stood at 9 High Street until 1962 when it was demolished. Grace Aylin salvaged some wood from the floor of the old shop and created a sculpture which is now in the museums collection. Fixtures and fittings from the shop also feature in the Living in North Herts Gallery in our museum.
MakerGrace Aylin
Maker RoleArtist
Date Made1954×56
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Medium and Materialscanvas & wood
Place MadeUnited Kingdom, England, Hertfordshire, Hitchin
