Glass Hat
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 22.7 x 29.8 cm (8 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.11042
Art Historical Context
**Glass Hat** by Yolande Delasser, created around 1936, captures the whimsical elegance of an American design object through delicate watercolor, graphite, andache on paperboard. 22.7 x 29.8 cm, this precise rendering showcases the translucent shimmer and intricate facets of a glass hat—a novelty item blending craftsmanship with playful form, evoking the era's fascination with innovative materials. As part of the *Index of American Design*IAD), a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression, Delasser's work documents the nation's rich heritage of folk and decorative...
About the Artist
Yolande Delasser
Yolande Delasser was an American artist active during the mid-1930s, best known for her meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Amid the Great Depression, this ambitious New Deal initiative commissioned artists to document America's rich heritage of folk art and utilitarian objects through precise watercolor ren...