Exhibitions

Wrought Iron: Rendering from the Index of American Design

July 14, 1977 – October 24, 1977

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
1661 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC

Palm Court, 1st Floor

See on Map Floor Plan

On view are 16 watercolors of utilitarian wrought iron objects from the Index of American Design. The Index, a 1930s Federal project, is a collection of realistically executed drawings and watercolors of crafts and folk arts.