Iowa Tea Rooms
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- | [[File:YWCA-Tea-Room-Cedar-Rapids-IA-postcard-front-c1910.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Y.W.C.A. Tea Room, Cedar Rapids, Iowa postcard front, circa 1910. The image reproduces an uncredited sepia-tone painting of the Mission-style oak furnishings of the Young Women's Christian Association Tea Room in Cedar Rapids. Realistic illustrations of this kind, taken from photos with the tonalities heightened for the half-tone reproduction process, were a notable feature in commercial art from 1900 - 1920, and were used in catalogues to advertise furniture, hardware, and clothing. This painting, combining impressionistic floral arrangements with detailed brick-work, furniture, lighting fixtures, and door hardware, was obviously made by a highly gifted professional catalogue illustrator.]] | + | [[File:YWCA-Tea-Room-Cedar-Rapids-IA-postcard-front-c1910.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Y.W.C.A. Tea Room, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, postcard front, circa 1910. The image reproduces an uncredited sepia-tone painting of the Mission-style oak furnishings of the Young Women's Christian Association Tea Room in Cedar Rapids. Realistic illustrations of this kind, taken from photos with the tonalities heightened for the half-tone reproduction process, were a notable feature in commercial art from 1900 - 1920, and were used in catalogues to advertise furniture, hardware, and clothing. This painting, combining impressionistic floral arrangements with detailed brick-work, furniture, lighting fixtures, and door hardware, was obviously made by a highly gifted professional catalogue illustrator.]] |
== Des Moines == | == Des Moines == |
Latest revision as of 21:05, 5 December 2020
Iowa State Tea Room Gallery, in alphabetical order by name of city or town.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Sioux City
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room