Tressing Nets for Artillery Emplacements
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25893
label: catalog number
content: 25893
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: ink wash (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm