Tea Table
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 22.7 x 30.3 cm (8 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 28 1/2"high; 25"wide; 35 1/2"long
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5560
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Nicholas Gorid · 1855–present
Nicholas Gorid (b. 1896) was an American artist best known for his meticulous contributions to the Index of American Design, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project initiative launched in the 1930s to document the nation's rich heritage of decorative arts and folk objects. Active primarily from the mid-1930s through the early 1950s, Gorid produced highly detailed renderings of an...