Toleware Tray

1935/1942

Mildred Ford

Associated Names
Mildred Ford

Artist, American, 1895 - 1988

The image shows a rectangular tray with an octagonal black border and a black center section. Colorful floral and fruit patterns decorate the border in shades of red, green, and brown against the black background. In the lower right corner, the name "Mildred Ford" is written. A schematic side view of the tray, detailing its shape and depth, is depicted below the main image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.4 x 29.1 cm (8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" long; 8 1/2" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15215

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 428, no. 1520.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mildred Ford

Wikidata ID

Q64614809

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