This accession is restricted for 15 years from the latest date of records (1994). Restrictions will be lifted at the beginning of the calendar year 2010. Access to restricted collections requires explicit permission from the transferring office or donor. Contact the SIA Reference Staff for further information (call 202-633-5870, or email OSIAREF@osia.si.edu).

These records consist largely of files created by the Department of Decorative Arts for exhibitions held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1982 through 1991, particularly "Design in the Service of Tea," and "L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France, 1789-1989." Exhibition records include lender files containing correspondence, memoranda, and agreement forms; object inventories and photographs; publicity files; research files containing notes, articles, card files, and photographs; exhibition outlines and planning documents; and notes on the catalogue. The records also contain program files concerning acquisitions, loans, publications, interns, and lectures; administrative files on budgets, reports, travel, and memoranda; and subject files on such topics as the Decorative Arts Association. Also included is the Department's correspondence file for 1993.

Box 1 of 22

• "Design in the Service of Tea" (Aug. 7-Oct. 28, 1984)
  • Misc.
  • Lenders/USA

Box 2 of 22

• Lenders/USA, cont'd
• Lenders/Foreign
• Outline of Exhibition

Box 3 of 22

• Outline of Exhibition, cont'd
• Catalogue
• Publicity
• Correspondence, A-Z
• "Misc." (photographs, articles, notes)
• Student Papers

Box 4 of 22

• Lenders/USA
• "Misc." (slides, negatives, pamphlets)
• Lenders/Foreign

Box 5 of 22

• Lenders/Foreign, cont'd
• Research Files

Box 6 of 22

• Research Files, cont'd

Box 7 of 22

• Research Files, cont'd
• Research Cards

Box 8 of 22

• Photographs and Slides

Box 9 of 22

• Research Files (photographs, articles, notes)

Box 10 of 22

• "L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989" (Mar. 30-Aug. 6, 1989)
  • General Research

Box 11 of 22

• General Research, cont'd
• Artists, Designers

Box 12 of 22

• Artists, Designers, cont'd

Box 13 of 22

• Artists, Designers, cont'd
• "City Dwellings and Country Houses: Robert Adam and his Style"(Jan. 19-Apr. 11, 1982)
• "English Majolica" (Mar. 23-June 13, 1982)

Box 14 of 22

• "Tiffany Studios: Metalwork and Other Decorative Arts" (Jan. 18-Apr. 17, 1983)
• The Gracie Mansion Conservancy (1981-85)

Box 15 of 22

• "Wine: Celebration and Ceremony (June 4-Oct. 13, 1985)

Box 16 of 22

• "Treasures from Hungary: Gold and Silver from the 9th-19th Centuries" (May 20-Aug.10, 1986)
• "Memphis/Milano" (Jan. 21-Mar. 13, 1986)
• Glass Art Society (1985-87)
• Dead Exhibit Proposals, 1978-82

Box 17 of 22

• "New Vistas: American Art Pottery from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum" (Goodman Collection) (SITES & Renwick Gallery, Mar. 25-Oct. 23, 1988)
• "Flora Danica and the Heritage of Danish Porcelain" (Apr. 24-Sept. 2, 1990)

Box 18 of 22

• "Flora Danica" cont'd
• "Mondo Materialis" (Oct. 16, 1990-Feb. 24, 1991)
• "Gold of Greece: Jewelry and Ornaments from the Benaki Museum" (Sept. 11, 1990-Jan. 13, 1991)
• Subject Files, 1980, 1990-94

Box 19 of 22

• Subject Files, cont'd
• Decorative Arts Association
  • Donations, 1987-92
  • Programs, 1991-92
  • DAA Events, 1993-94
• DAC Correspondence, 1983-91
• Guimares Fund
• Schutz Fund
• McFadden Curriculum Vitae

Box 20 of 22

• Interns, 1983-93
• Dec. Arts Expenses, 1984-92
• Letters of Recommendation, 1979-92
• Loans, 1988-93
• Acquisitions Worksheets, 1990-91
• Steuben-Glass Jewelry
• John Marion Benefit/Auction
• Denmark Legacy, 1987
• Past Loans
• Publications
• ICOM/Parsons
• Lectures
• Quarterly Reports
• Tabletop Awards

Box 21 of 22

• Collectors & Misc.
• Dept. Travel 1980-85
• Loans
• Memos

Box 22 of 22

• Correspondence, arranged alphabetically, 1993