Franklin Baking Oven
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
overall: 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.14946
Art Historical Context
Visitors to the National Gallery of Art's Index of American Design collection will delight in *Franklin Baking Oven*, a 1937 rendering by artists Vincent P. Rosel Gordon Saltar. Created watercolor, graphite, and pencil on paper (30.6 x 22.9 cm), this captures the sturdy elegance of an early American cast-iron baking oven, likely by Benjamin Franklin's innovative designs from the 18th century These ovens revolutionized home cooking by efficiently radiating heat, blending functionality with colonial craftsmanship. As part of the Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA),...