Shaker Rug

c. 1937

Elbert S. Mowery

Artist, American, active c. 1935

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27 x 35 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 25" high; 36" long

  • Accession

    1943.8.13690

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2016

  • Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016 - 2017.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 537, no. 1994.

2015

  • Doss, Erika, Jerrold Hirsch, and Jean M. Burks. Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture. Exh. cat. Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016: 122-124, no. 22, fig. 96.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Elbert S. Mowery

Wikidata ID

Q64558105

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