Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project Blockprinted Textile Sample Book, 1940s

THE FIRST 
Book of 12 WPA block-printed textiles. The book is titled: 
Applied Design 
Blockprinted Textiles 
Volume III 
Motifs 
An Educational Service 
Prepared by the 
Milwaukee WPA 
Handicraft Project 

The book has a green fabric covered front and back and the internal "pages" are loose cards made of two layers that sandwich a swatch of printed textile. Each fabric swatch was given an accession number and on the back of each card is a stamp that reads: 
WPA 
Handicraft
Project 
#7040
Milwaukee 
Wisconsin 

Sponsored by 
Milwaukee 
County and 
Milwaukee 
State Teachers 
College 

14.25" x 18"

This lot is located in Chicago.

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Condition
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