Name/Title
Treasury of American Design, Volume 1Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.3467Description
Treasury of American Design, Volume 1, A Pictorial Survey of Popular Folk Arts, Based upon Watercolor Rendering in the Index of American Design, at the National Gallery of Art.--a 2 volume set. Volume I includes Books One to Three of Six Books included. An Roster of artists and index is included .
Book One is :" On Land and Sea "and includes carved wood from ships to cigar store Indians and fire brigade buckets
Book Two is : "In the Home" featuring glassware, candlesticks, chests, mirrors and clocks
Book Three is : "Around House and Garden" including fireplaces, plaster paris, tin, pewter, and cast metal
Taken from the 17,000 drawings deposited in teh Index executed by American artists under the WPA, the watercolor renderings and photographs depict designs in decorative, folk, and popular arts from the colonial period to the 1890's. Among the categories represented are furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, pewter, textiles, and articles of daily use from 35 states.
470/Hardbound/Watercolor Illustrations/Photographs/In plastic book cover.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
FurnitureSearch Terms
Folk Art in America, Ship Carvings, Wood Carving, Furniture, Pewter, Tinsmiths, Ceramics, Glass Blowing, Clock making, Art in America, WPA, Works Project Administration, Federal Arts Project of WPA, Watercolors, American Design, Folk ArtBook Details
Author
Hornung, Clarence P.Place Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1976Call No.
ArchArt HOLCCN
76-142742Notes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent