Painted wooden chest - WPA St. Paul Handicraft Project

Titles: Painted wooden chest - WPA St. Paul Handicraft Project (Supplied title)

Description: Stencil painted and stained wooden chest with two hinged lids. Floral paintings at top corners of each side panel consist of stenciled green leaves and blue flowers with yellow centers. There are also stencil paintings of floral/filigree at each lid outside corner as well as two identical stencil paintings in blues, greens and yellows on front and back. These consist of two couples, in folk costume, dancing between flowers. Negative space is used in each to imply shape. Made for the Works Progress Administration / Federal Art Project St. Paul Handicraft Project, circa 1935 - 1942.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1935 - Not later than 1942 (Creation)

Creation

• made for: Minnesota Works Progress Administration, Saint Paul Handicraft Project

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2011.37.1

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 29 1/2 inches height
• 27 1/2 inches width
• 16 inches depth

Subjects

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