Lot 7
Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project Blockprinted Textile Sample Book, 1940s
Sale 1218 - Fall Fashion & Accessories
Lots Open
Sep 19, 2023
Lots Close
Oct 3, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$2,835
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Lot Description
Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project Blockprinted Textile Sample Book, 1940s
THE FIRST
Book of 12 WPA block-printed textiles. The book is titled:
Applied Design
Blockprinted Textiles
Volume III
Motifs
An Educational Service
Prepared by the
Milwaukee WPA
Handicraft Project
The book has a green fabric covered front and back and the internal "pages" are loose cards made of two layers that sandwich a swatch of printed textile. Each fabric swatch was given an accession number and on the back of each card is a stamp that reads:
WPA
Handicraft
Project
#7040
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sponsored by
Milwaukee
County and
Milwaukee
State Teachers
College
14.25" x 18"
This lot is located in Chicago.
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
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