Loose Photographs

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1940, predominant 1909-1925

GUSN

GUSN-368923

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Description

This subseries contains photographs of beds, benches, candle sticks, case goods, chairs, chaise longues, desks, dressing tables, lamps, lowboys, mantles, mirrors, screens, sofas, stools, supporting furniture, and tables. Photographs of supporting furniture include bookstands, candle sticks, costumers, flower stands, lamps, radiator covers, and umbrella stands and more. Photographs of ecclesiastical furniture include chancel furnishings, communion rails, fonts, hymn boards, kneelers, lecterns, pews, and pulpits. Also included is a newspaper article, undated, discussing St. Bartholomew Church in New York City, New York, and photographs of furnishings for the church taken in 1918 and 1919.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Physical Descrption

1.87 linear feet (1.5 record cartons, 41 letter-size folders, over 1,000 photographs)

Collection Code

CC011

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

Date of Acquisition

2021

Reference Code

CC011.012.002

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Conservation Note

Cyanotypes are interleaved with unbuffered tissue for preservation.

Description Level

Sub-series

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged by furniture type, and thereunder alphabetically.

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