WPA Index of American Design exhibition Watercolor renderings of crewel embroidery. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with WPA Index of American Design exhibition Watercolor renderings of crewel embroidery., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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WPA Index of American Design exhibition Watercolor renderings of crewel embroidery.
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Few posters of this period take a piece of needlework as their central image, and this one puts a crewel embroidery front and center. Crewel work, stitched in wool yarn on linen or cotton, was a favored decorative craft in colonial New England, where it appeared on bed hangings, coverlets, and wall pieces. The WPA Index of American Design, a Depression-era Federal Art Project running from 1935 to 1942, sought to record such handmade objects, many of which were then at risk of being lost. Its exhibition materials helped bring attention to these everyday textiles as serious American art.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 27 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940. Embroidery--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,784 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 136_WPA_Index_of_American_D_1936 |
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