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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 13-075

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Exhibition Records, circa 2008

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:circa 2008
Quantity:5.39 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 half document box) (6 16x20 boxes) (5 oversize folders)
Collection:Accession 13-075
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the planning, design, and installation of the exhibition, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008," on display at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum from March 7 through July 6, 2008. The exhibition was organized by Sarah Coffin, head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts Department; Gail S. Davidson, head of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department; Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design; and Guest Curator Penelope Hunter-Stiebel. Materials include correspondence, image requests, object lists, exhibition drawings, floor plans, didactics, label text, catalog text, and related materials.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the planning, design, and installation of the exhibition, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008," on display at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum from March 7 through July 6, 2008. The exhibition was organized by Sarah Coffin, head of the Product Design and Decorative Arts Department; Gail S. Davidson, head of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department; Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design; and Guest Curator Penelope Hunter-Stiebel. Materials include correspondence, image requests, object lists, exhibition drawings, floor plans, label text, catalog text, and related materials.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2024; Transferring office; 12/22/2011 memorandum, Wright to Smith; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-075, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

Wall Label Drafts, Gallery Preparation Notes, Book Front/Backmatter, Round 4 Labels (Leben, Hyde, Lupton Texts)

Box 1 of 8

Round 2 Texts (Folder 1 of 3)

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Round 2 Texts (Folders 2-3 of 3)

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Round 3 Texts - Coffin (A,B); Lupton, Baarsen, Busch, Fuhring, Hyde, Leben, Steibel (A, B, C, D)

Box 3 of 8

Round 1 Texts (Folder 1 of 3)

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Round 1 Texts (Folders 2-3 of 3)

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

Didactics, Including A and B Texts (Folders 1-2 of 5)

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

Didactics, Including A and B Texts (Folders 3-4 of 5)

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Didactics, Including A and B Texts (Folder 5 of 5)

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Round 4 Texts - Busch, Davidson (A, B); Coffin (A,B); Fuhring, Stiebel (A, B, C, D); Radiating Rococo Texts

Box 8 of 8

Wall Label Drafts

Box 8 of 8

Wall Label Drafts, Image Payment Documents

Box 8 of 8

Book - Correspondence

Box 8 of 8

Book - Images

Box 8 of 8

Book - Draft

Box 8 of 8

Loan Documents

Box 8 of 8

A la Vieille Russie

Box 8 of 8

Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Box 8 of 8

Brooklyn Museum

Box 8 of 8

Carnegie Museum

Box 8 of 8

Chicago

Box 8 of 8

Cincinnati

Box 8 of 8

Clark

Box 8 of 8

Cleveland

Box 8 of 8

Dallas

Box 8 of 8

Demakersvan

Box 8 of 8

Detroit

Box 8 of 8

Ecole de Nancy (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Getty

Box 8 of 8

Hermitage

Box 8 of 8

Hillwood

Box 8 of 8

Hispanic Society

Box 8 of 8

Kogod

Box 8 of 8

Lewis Collection

Box 8 of 8

Louisiana State

Box 8 of 8

Maryland

Box 8 of 8

Mauritshuis

Box 8 of 8

Melrose

Box 8 of 8

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Box 8 of 8

Minneapolis

Box 8 of 8

Musee Lorrain

Box 8 of 8

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)

Box 8 of 8

Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston

Box 8 of 8

Muehling

Box 8 of 8

National Gallery

Box 8 of 8

Philadelphia

Box 8 of 8

Rijksmuseum

Box 8 of 8

Royal Archives Netherlands

Box 8 of 8

Royal Collection

Box 8 of 8

San Francisco

Box 8 of 8

Smart

Box 8 of 8

Tate Britain

Box 8 of 8

Victoria and Albert Museum (V and A)

Box 8 of 8

Waddesdon

Box 8 of 8

Wadsworth Atheneum

Box 8 of 8

Wallace Collection

Box 8 of 8

Winterthur

Box 8 of 8

Virginia (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Yale

Box 8 of 8

Dealers

Box 8 of 8

Miscellaneous Image Requests

Box 8 of 8

Complimentary Copies/Labels

Box 8 of 8

Penelope Hunter-Steibel Contract

Box 8 of 8

Catalog

Box 8 of 8

Catalog - Wolfram Koeppe

Box 8 of 8

Post-mortem

Box 8 of 8

Miscellaneous Object Lists (3 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Installation Drawings (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8
Oversize

Exhibition Drawings (5 folders)

Oversize

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