Index of American Design
The Index of American Design program of the Federal Art Project produced a pictorial survey of the crafts and decorative arts of the United States from the early colonial period to 1900. Artists working for the Index produced a collection of 18,257 watercolor drawings of American decorative and folk arts objects, held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Although the collection was created by about 400 artists between 1935 and 1942, it was seen more as documentation than personal expression, which is among the reasons it is lesser known than other Federal Art Projects. The Index's goal was establishing the basis for and contextualizing American art and design using, as a basis, these items created between the colonial period and the end of the nineteenth century.Constance Rourke was the editor and resident scholar of the Index; Ruth Reeves was its field supervisor. Rourke's interest stemmed, in part, from her work on Charles Sheeler. Among the projects that grew out of the Index is Clarence Hornung's ''Treasury of American Design'' and as a jobs creation vehicle, the creation of the index employed about one thousand individuals in thirty four different states. Provided by Wikipedia
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Catalog of textiles, costume, and jewelry in the Index of American Design
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Treasury of American design : a pictorial survey of popular folk arts based upon watercolor renderings in the Index of American Design, at the National Gallery of Art / by Hornung, Clarence P., 1899-1997
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The consolidated catalog to the Index of American Design /
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Catalog of furniture and decorative accessories in the Index of American Design.
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Catalog of architecture and naive art in the Index of American Design.
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Catalog of tools, hardware, firearms, and vehicles in the Index of American Design.
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Architecture and naive art Index of American Design, part 3.
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Index of American design.
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Index of American design.
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Perkins Harnly, from the Index of American design. by Harnly, Perkins, 1901-1986
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Pennsylvania German folk art : from the Index of American Design.
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Folk arts of the Spanish Southwest : from the Index of American Design.
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Portfolio of Spanish colonial design in New Mexico /
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