Crewel Embroidery for Bed Hanging
Mary Berner
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 22.8 × 29.9 cm (9 × 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 58" long; 9 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3047
About the Artist
Mary Berner
Mary Berner (1901–2003), an American artist born in Germany, is best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project launched in 1935 to document the nation's folk crafts and decorative arts through precise artistic renderings. Active during the project's peak years from 1935 to 1942, Berner produced dozens of detail...