Coverlet
Alois E. Ulrich
1938
Medium
watercolor on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.) Original IAD Object: 80" wide; 84" long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.17213
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Alois E. Ulrich · 1855–present
Alois E. Ulrich was an American artist active primarily around 1935, best known for his precise watercolor and graphite renderings of American textiles, quilts, coverlets, and Shaker artifacts. His documented output consists of seventeen works held in the National Gallery of Art’s Index of American Design collection, a Depression-era initiative that systematically recorded examples of historic Ame...