WPA Museum Extension Project costume drawings collection

WPA Museum Extension Project costume drawings collection, circa late 1930s

Overview of the Collection

Title: WPA Museum Extension Project costume drawings collection
Dates: circa late 1930s (inclusive)
19351945
Quantity: 136 drawings (3 boxes)
Collection Number: PH0538
Summary: Original color costume drawings on board designed for the Museum Extension Project, WPA District 15
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

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136 original color costume drawings on board designed for the Museum Extension Project, WPA District 15. They are organized in to the following categories: European plates (from Prehistoric man, Egyptian, Greek, Middle Ages, 14th century - 18th century) and Asiatic plates (Middle East and Asia).

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Box 1: European plates

Plate 1: Prehistoric man. circa 35000 B.C.
Plate 2: Egyptian Old Kingdom. 2800-2130 B.C.
Plate 3: Egyptian Middle Kingdom. 2130-1580 B.C.
Plate 4: Egyptian New Kingdom. 1580-525 B.C.
Plate 5: Assyrian. 800-500 B.C.
Plate 6: Persian. 500-300 B.C.
Plate 10: Greek Ionic. 400 B.C.- 300 B.C.
Plate 12: Greek military. 1200 B.C.-150 B.C.
Plate 18: Byzantine. Middle class. 400-1100 A.D.
Plate 19: Byzantine. 400-1100 A.D.
Plate 20: Byzantine. 400-1100 A.D.
Plate 21: Early Middle Ages. 1000-1300 A.D.
Plate 22: Middle Ages. Middle class. 1000-1300 A.D.
Plate 23: Middle Ages. Lower class. 1000-1300 A.D.
Plate 24: Late Middle Ages. 1000-1300 A.D.
Plate 25: XIV Century. 1300-1400 A.D.
Plate 26: XIV Century. 1300-1400 A.D.
Plate 27: XIV Century. 1300-1400 A.D.
Plate 28: XIV Century. 1300-1400 A.D.
Plate 29: XV Century. 1400-1500 A.D.
Plate 30: XV Century. 1400-1500 A.D.
Plate 31: Italian XV Century. 1400-1500 A.D.
Plate 32: Henry VIII. Peasant. 1500-1550 A.D.
Plate 33: Henry VIII Middle class. 1500-1550 A.D.
Plate 34:
Plate 35:
Plate 36:
Plate 37: Henry VIII German. 1500-1550 A.D.
Plate 38:
Plate 39:
Plate 40:
Plate 41: Elizabethan. 1550-1620 A.D.
Plate 42: Elizabethan. 1550-1620 A.D.
Plate 43: Elizabethan. 1550-1620 A.D.
Plate 44: Elizabethan. 1550-1620 A.D.
Plate 45:
Plate 46: Elizabethan. 1550-1620 A.D.
Plate 47: Charles I. 1620-1660 A.D.
Plate 48: Charles I. 1620-1660 A.D.
Plate 49: Charles I. 1620-1660 A.D.

Box 2: European plates

Plate 50: Charles I. 1620-1660 A.D.
Plate 51:
Plate 52:
Plate 53: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 54: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 55: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 56: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 57: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 58: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 59: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 60: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 61: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 62: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 63: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 64: Charles II - Louis XIV. 1660-1715 A.D.
Plate 65: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 66: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 67: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 68: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 69: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 70: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 71: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 72: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 73: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 74: Louis XV 1715-1775 A.D.
Plate 75: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 76: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 77: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 78: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 79: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 80: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 81: Louis XVI 1775-1789 A.D.
Plate 82: Directoire. 1789-1800 A.D.
Plate 83: Directoire. 1789-1800 A.D.
Plate 84: Directoire. 1789-1800 A.D.
Plate 85: Directoire. 1789-1800 A.D.
Plate 86: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 87: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 88: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 89: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 90: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 91:
Plate 92: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 93: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 94: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 95:
Plate 96: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 97: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 98: Empire-Romantic 1800-1840 A.D.
Plate 99:
Plate 100: Early Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.
Plate 101: Early Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.
Plate 102: Early Victorian 1840-1865 A.D.
Plate 103: Late Victorian. 1865-1890 A.D.
Plate 104: Late Victorian. 1865-1890 A.D.
Plate 105: Late Victorian. 1865-1890 A.D.
Plate 106: Late Victorian. 1865-1890 A.D.
Plate 107:
Plate 108: Late Victorian. 1865-1890 A.D.
Plate 110: Gay nineties. 1890-1900 A.D.
Plate 114: Gay nineties. 1890-1900 A.D.

Box 3: Asiatic Plates

Plate 1: Turkey. Outdoor. Upper class
Plate 3: Syria. Middle class.
Plate 4: Armenia. Middle class.
Plate 5: Palestine. Shepherd and Christian woman.
Plate 6: Arabia. Middle class.
Plate 7: Arabia. Upper class.
Plate 8: Persia. Middle class.
Plate 9: Persia. Indoor. Upper class.
Plate 10: Afghanistan. Afridi tribesman.
Plate 11: Afghanistan. Indoor. Upper middle class.
Plate 12: Russian Turkestan. Outdoor. Turkoman.
Plate 13: Russian Turkestan. Outdoor. Uzbegs.
Plate 14: Siberia. Russian peasant.
Plate 15: Siberia. Upper class. Tartar.
Plate 16: Nepal. Upperclass woman. Artisan.
Plate 17: Burma. Hill tribesman.
Plate 18: Burma. Middle class.
Plate 19: India. Ancient Mogul Emperors.
Plate 20: India. Ancient noble. dancing girl.
Plate 21: Ancient, low caste.
Plate 22: Modern Rajah and Anee.
Plate 23: India. Upper class. Hindu.
Plate 24: India. Mahammedan merchant and laborer.
Plate 25: India. Mohammedan lower class.
Plate 26 Siam. Loa upper class.
Plate 27 Siam. Middle class.
Plate 28: French Indo-China. Upper class.
Plate 29: French Indo-China. Anamese. Moi tribesman.
Plate 30: Malay. Upper class.
Plate 31: Sinkiang Chinese Turkestan. Peasant.
Plate 32: Sinkiang Chinese Turkestan. Mountain tribesman.
Plate 33: Tibet indoor. Upper class.
Plate 35: Tibet. Mountain herdsman.
Plate 36: Mongolia. Middle class.
Plate 37: Mongolia. Upper class.
Plate 38: Manuschuria. Upper class.
Plate 39: China. Nobility.
Plate 40: China. Peasant.
Plate 41: China. Wealthy merchant.
Plate 42: China. Coolie.
Plate 43: Korea. Upper middle class.
Plate 44: Korea. Middle class woman coolie.
Plate 45: Japan. Ancient nobility.
Plate 46: Japan. Outdoor. Middle class artisan.
Plate 47: Japan. Outdoor. Middle class.
Plate 48: Japan. Outdoor. Peasant.
Plate 49: Sumatra. Batak Medicine Man and girl. Menangkabau woman.
Plate 50: Java. Wayang dancers.

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