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artisan [n]   a person who makes decorative useful objects 
circa [adv]   approximately; used with dates when the exact date is unknown
Classical 
Revival [n]
  style of furniture and architecture popular in the United States from about 1800-1850. The ornament and decorative motifs were borrowed from the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
commemorate [v]   to celebrate an event or person we want to remember
composition [n]   the arrangement of shapes, colors, lines in a drawing or painting 
cornucopia [n]   a horn-shaped container, often shown spilling over with fruits, used in harvest celebrations and to symbolize abundance and harvest
decal [n]   a decorative image printed on special paper for transfer to another surface.
Depression [n]   the period from late 1929 through the late 1930s after the crash of the stock market in which 25% of the workforce was unemployed in the United States; the resulting economic crisis affected much of the world. 
double 
exposure [n]
  two photographic images on the same negative, producing a ghost like effect 
figural [adj]   appearing like a realistic person or object, as in a figural design 
gilt [adj]   having a thin layer of gold or gold like material
Jacquard [n]   using a system of punched cards that controlled the opening of warp threads in certain looms; named after its inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard
motif [n]   a single decoration or image, such as a flower, a shell, or a circle, that is repeated in a design
mourning [n]   time during which we grieve for the dead
mural [n]   a wall-sized painting mounted on a wall or painted directly on a wall
regionalist [n]   style of painting, created by a painter, probably from the 1930s Midwest, who painted rural scenes and subjects celebrating small-town America 
Works Progress Administration (WPA)  [n]   a government program U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Congress created to help get people back to work during the Depression. There was a program for artists in the WPA.

 

   
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