Tressing Nets for Artillery Emplacements
National Museum of American History

Tressing Nets for Artillery Emplacements

War Department · 1918

charcoal (overall production method/technique)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

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.

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