Hooked Rug
Ruth M. Barnes
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.3 x 24.5 cm (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 54" long; 26" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.226
About the Artist
Ruth M. Barnes
Ruth M. Barnes (1880–1954) was an American artist best known for her meticulous watercolor renderings of traditional American folk textiles as part of the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Active during the Great Depression era from roughly 1935 to 1942, Barnes contributed dozens of detailed studies to this ambitious initiative, which em...