Tressing Nets for Artillery Emplacements

Description:

Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. A group of women, some standing on benches, are making camouflage nets at the Central Camouflage Depot in Dijon, France. These nets were made of pieces of painted burlap tied to wire and were used to disguise artillery positions.

Date Made: 1918

Associated Person: War DepartmentArtist: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford

Location: Currently not on view

Referenced: France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon

Related Event: World War I

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Credit Line: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AF.25893Catalog Number: 25893Accession Number: 64592

Object Name: sketch

Physical Description: charcoal (overall production method/technique)ink wash (overall production method/technique)paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-8745-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_445342

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