Fashioned by Anne Hanson of Cedar Rapids, IA, in stump work, an embroidery style that makes possible three-dimensional designs.

One of the many displays in the Renwick Gallery’s new exhibition, “State Fairs: Growing American Craft,” dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs with more than 240 artworks on view, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

‘From Traditional to Contemporary’ (2021), posted earlier: