Foot Warmer
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 32.7 x 24.5 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/4" high; 8 1/4" wide; 6 3/4" deep
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.16085
Art Historical Context
**Foot Warmer** *Florence Stevenson, c. 6* Watercolor, pen and ink and graphite on paper, 32.7 × 24.5 cm (12⅞ × 9⅝ in.) *Index of American Design, National Gallery of ArtCreated around 1936 by artist Florence Stevenson, *Foot Warmer* is meticulous rendering of a charming American household object from the Index of American Design. This Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression employed artists to document the nation's folk and decorative arts through precise, colorful drawings. Stevenson's depiction captures the compact foot warmer—orig...