Amos C. Brinton

Amos C. Brinton was active as an artist and documentarian during the late 1930s, working specifically between 1935 and 1939. Brinton is known primarily for contributions to the Index of American Design (IAD), a major visual survey created under the auspices of the Federal Art Project during the Depression era.

Brinton’s documented output includes fifteen objects categorized as Index of American Designs. These renderings focused on the detailed documentation of historical American decorative arts and folk crafts. Notable pieces represented in museum collections include the documentations of a Bootjack, a Flat Iron Stand, a Glass Pen, the Moravian Church Bench, and a Rocking Chair. The precision required for these technical renderings established the work's historical value, and many of these documents are today sought after as Amos C. Brinton prints.

The documentary integrity of Brinton's records led to their preservation in major institutions, including the National Gallery of Art. As this historical artwork is often in the public domain, high-quality prints and downloadable artwork files are widely accessible to researchers and cultural historians today.