Mythological: Ceres Goddess Of Sewing And Reaping, Costume Design
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1935-1939
- Description
Watercolor, pencil, and ink illustration on paper
The Milwaukee Handicraft Project was a program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA), which was created in 1935 to put unemployed Americans to work. The "Costume Design" collection is comprised of pencil, ink, and watercolor illustrations on paper.
Woman in Roman garb portraying Ceres wearing a long, pleated, red and cream dress with a burgundy cape, brown sandals, and a wreath-crown
Color
Pageant Myra Peache
Ceres Goddess of Sowing and Reaping; Pageant Myra Peache
Adapted from Lynn Fontainn's Costume As Alkmena In Amphitryon
Ceres; 6 1/2 Yard Material (for cape), 6 1/2" Lining (for cape), 7" Rust or Flame (for dress), 2 2/3 " Cream (for front pleated panel), 4" Material (for underslip), 1/4 Green (for leaves and vines), 1/4 Purple (for grapes), 1/3" Gold metallic (for sandals & headdress), Kapok or Cotton (for fruit), 3 spool thread, 6 Hooks & Eyes
- Creator
Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Special Collections. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA - Publisher
- Milwaukee Handicraft Project / Works Progress Administration Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Subjects
- Clothing & dress
Costumes
Gods - Type
- image
- Format
- Watercolors
- Language
- English
- Rights
- http://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project. Mythological: Ceres Goddess Of Sewing And Reaping,Costume Design. 1935-1939. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wpa/id/73. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project, (1935-1939) Mythological: Ceres Goddess Of Sewing And Reaping,Costume Design. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wpa/id/73
- MLA citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wpa/id/73>.