Artwork Details
Pattern Designer
Maker
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
62-1/2 x 43 in.
Mark Description
Stamped, back side: WPA | HANDICRAFT | PROJECT | #8601 | MILWAUKEE | WISCONSIN | SPONSORED BY | MILWAUKEE | COUNTY AND | MILWAUKEE | STATE TEACHERS | COLLEGE
Accession Number
Credit Line
Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Textile Fund
Copyright
Collection
Color Palette
Provenance
Julia Loomis Knudson [1913-1990], Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{1} purchased by Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1939. {1} Julia Knudson, née Loomis, was a designer-foreman for the Works Progress Administration's Milwaukee Handicraft Project [Project #8601], Applique Unit, sponsored by Milwaukee County and Milwaukee State Teachers College.
Gallery Labels
The Great Depression brought a widespread revival of interest in traditional quilting patterns, contests, shows and sales proliferated. W.P.A. craft training projects spearheaded by Eleanor Roosevelt taught weaving appliquéing, block printing and quilt making to women in Appalachia, the Carolinas and the Midwest. The appliqués designed by Miss Loomis for the Milwaukee W.P.A. handicraft project no. 8601 recall more complicated versions of “Cherry Trees and Robins” stitched as early as the 1820s.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Columbus
January 18, 1992 - March 28, 1992
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Columbus
December 9, 1977 - January 29, 1978
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