# American folk and design

Style galleries · hang 749 · 90 works

The everyday art of early America, recorded in watercolour by the Index of American Design.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Color Notes on Iron](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/color-notes-on-iron-nga-29062), Gerald Transpota, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/color-notes-on-iron-nga-29062?hang=749)
2. [Quaker Doll](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/quaker-doll-nga-27449), Jacob Gielens, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/quaker-doll-nga-27449?hang=749)
3. [Cuff Lace](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cuff-lace-nga-12720), Erwin Schwabe, c. 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/cuff-lace-nga-12720?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Fence](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fence-nga-29083), Rose Campbell-Gerke, c. 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/fence-nga-29083?hang=749)
5. [Armchair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/armchair-nga-16282), Agnes Karlin, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/armchair-nga-16282?hang=749)
6. [Fork](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fork-nga-22398), Anthony Zuccarello, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/fork-nga-22398?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Bandbox](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bandbox-nga-20616), Nicholas Acampora, 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/bandbox-nga-20616?hang=749)
8. [Caps](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/caps-nga-15329), Unrecorded American maker, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/caps-nga-15329?hang=749)
9. [Sacristy Door at Mission San Juan Bautista](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sacristy-door-at-mission-san-juan-bautista-nga-18757), Ethel Dougan, 1938. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/sacristy-door-at-mission-san-juan-bautista-nga-18757?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

10. [Copper Cruet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/copper-cruet-nga-18853), Edward Jewett, 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/copper-cruet-nga-18853?hang=749)
11. [Child's Dress](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/child-s-dress-nga-13992), Lucien Verbeke, c. 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/child-s-dress-nga-13992?hang=749)
12. [Ladderback Chair](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ladderback-chair-nga-16320), Gerald Bernhardt, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/ladderback-chair-nga-16320?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

13. [Fraktur](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fraktur-nga-28808), Albert Levone, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/fraktur-nga-28808?hang=749)
14. [Knitted Glove](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/knitted-glove-nga-28887), Elizabeth Moutal, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/knitted-glove-nga-28887?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. [Baptismal Dress](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/baptismal-dress-nga-13963), Evelyn Bailey, c. 1936. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/baptismal-dress-nga-13963?hang=749)
16. [Mirror](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mirror-nga-22556), B. Holst-Grubbe, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design/mirror-nga-22556?hang=749)

## Doors

- [B. Holst-Grubbe's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-b-holst-grubbe?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [20th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states?hang=749&via=continue) (124 works)
- [American folk and design, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiVlJ4MEpVUlEifQ)