Chair-table
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 26.8 cm (18 x 10 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Seat: 19 1/2"high; Table 53"long; 24"deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5656
About the Artist
M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin
M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin was an American artist active around 1935, best known for their contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project initiative under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). During the Great Depression, this New Deal program commissioned artists to create thousands of watercolor renderings documenting American crafts, furniture, and decorative arts, prese...