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1905-1915. “Balcony gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C." Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:03:03

Artifact Road Trip - Iowa

An oil painting depicting a quilting party. It shows five women seated around a table working on a quilt, while a sixth woman is seated in a rocking chair in the forefront holding a baby. In the background, a bedroom can be seen through a doorway. The artist's signature is in the lower right: Dorothea Tomlinson 1934. The painting is framed in a 3 1/2" wood frame with red and gilt highlights. A metal plaque attached to the bottom center of the frame reads: PUBLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT. Adhered to the lower left corner of the front of the frame is a printed sticker: 219.

Family Quilting

This painting by Dorothea Tomlinson Marquis of Des Moines, Iowa, was created for the Treasury Department’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). It was displayed at the Corcoran Gallery from April 24-May 20, 1934.

Black and white photograph of 5 women sitting around a table working on a quilt, one of the women in the foreground holding a doll.

Photograph of the women posing for the Family Quilting painting by Dorothea Tomlinson. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Find out more about this #ArtifactRoadTrip carving on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/8367

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