Woven Bedspread
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 45.4 x 37.2 cm (17 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 82" long; 106" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.729
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Elizabeth Valentine · 1855–present
Elizabeth Valentine was an American artist active around 1935, best known for her precise renderings of everyday American folk art objects as part of the Index of American Design. This ambitious Federal Art Project, sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression, aimed to catalog and celebrate the nation's artistic heritage through detailed watercolor and gouache ...