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Comb Back Chair

Comb Back Chair by Claude Marshall

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil and pen and ink on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 32"high; 18"wide. Comb 5"high

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.4381

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

Claude Marshall · 1855–present

Claude Marshall was an American artist active around 1935, best known for his contributions to the Index of American Design, a project of the Works Progress Administration that documented historic American decorative arts through precise watercolor renderings. His works, created primarily between 1939 and 1940, capture everyday objects with meticulous attention to form, texture, and detail, reflec...

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