SOLD WPA Educational Architectural Model: Painted Chalkware Egyptian House, 1930s/early 1940s antique lawn aerator shoes 5 1/2” x 3 7/8”

5 1/2” x 3 7/8” and in pretty good condition

with what looks like a few layers of paint on it

with the drape of the cloth visible across the top of the painting against dark blue background--and I especially like that the thorns of the crown extend beyond the edges of the cloth (which

weathered surface

SOLD WPA Educational Architectural Model: Painted Chalkware Egyptian House, 1930s/early 1940s antique lawn aerator shoes 5 1/2” x 3 7/8”I think I've found exactly two WPA painted chalkware architectural models over the years they're pretty scarce, and I think really cool. Created by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA FAP) during the period @ 1935 1943, these were are handmade miniature replicas of historic or architecturally significant buildings which were intended to serve as visual teaching tools (for display in libraries,