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Formica Collection

Creator:
Jeffers, Grace  Search this
Formica Corporation.  Search this
Names:
Faber, Herbert A.  Search this
Loewy, Raymond  Search this
O'Conor, Daniel J.  Search this
Stevens, Brooks  Search this
Extent:
18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scripts (documents)
Videotapes
Posters
Samples
Advertisements
Brochures
Blueprints
Photographs
Newsletters
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogs
Correspondence
Date:
1913-2003
Summary:
The Formica Collection consists of textual files, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
Scope and Contents:
The Formica Collection, 1913-2003, consists of textual files, photographs, photo slides, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, informational pamphlets, and research notes documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into ten series.

Series 1: Corporate Records, 1920-1992, 2003

Subseries 1.1: Annual reports, 1949, 1966, 1988

Subseries 1.2: Correspondence and company identity, 1920-1988

Subseries 1.3: Corporation histories and timelines, 1949-1991, undated

Subseries 1.4: Newspaper clippings and articles, 1934-2003

Subseries 1.5: Awards, 1940s-1987

Subseries 1.6: Patent information, 1925-1994

Subseries 1.7: Photographs, 1927-1966

Series 2: Personnel Records, 1943-1992

Series 3: Newsletters, Magazines, and Press Releases, 1942-1990

Subseries 3.1: Newsletters, 1942-1988

Subseries 3.2: Press releases, 1973-1990

Series 4: Product Information, 1948-1994

Series 5: Advertising and sales materials, 1913-2000

Subseries 5.1: Advertising materials, 1913-2000

Subseries 5.2: Sales materials, 1922-1993

Series 6: Subject Files, circa 1945, 1955-1991, 2002

Series 7: Exhibits, 1981-1994

Series 8: Grace Jeffers Research Materials, 1987-1997

Series 9: Audio Visual Materials, 1982-1995, undated

Series 10: Martin A. Jeffers Materials, 1963-1999

Subseries 10.1: Background Materials, 1965-1999

Subseries 10.2: Employee Benefits, 1963-1998

Subseries 10.3: Product Information, [1959?]-1997

Subseries 10.4: Advertising and Sales Records, 1987-1999
Biographical / Historical:
Since its founding in 1913, the history of the Formica Company has been marked by a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. The history begins with the discovery of Formica by two men who envisioned the plastic laminate as breakthrough insulation for motors. Later, Formica became a ubiquitous surfacing material used by artists and architects of post-modern design. The various applications of the plastic laminate during the twentieth century give it a prominent role in the history of plastics, American consumerism, and American popular culture.

The Formica Company was the brainchild of Herbert A. Faber and Daniel J. O'Conor, who met in 1907 while both were working at Westinghouse in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. O'Conor, head of the process section in the Research Engineering Department, had been experimenting with resins, cloth, paper, and a wide array of solvents in an effort to perfect a process for making rigid laminate sheets from Kraft paper and liquid Bakelite. O'Conor produced the first laminate sheet at Westinghouse by winding and coating paper on a mandrel, slitting the resulting tube, and flattening it on a press. The finished product was a laminated sheet with the chemical and electrical properties of Bakelite that were cut into various shapes and sizes. O'Conor applied for a patent on February 1, 1913, but it was not issued until November 12, 1918 (US Patent 1,284,432). Since the research was done on behalf of Westinghouse, the company was assigned the patent, and O'Conor was given one dollar, the customary amount that Westinghouse paid for the rights to employees' inventions.

Herbert Faber, Technical Sales Manager of insulating materials, was excited about O'Conor's discovery. Faber saw limitless possibilities for the new material. However, he quickly became frustrated by Westinghouse's policy limiting the sale of the laminate to its licensed distributors. After failing to persuade Westinghouse to form a division to manufacture and market the new material, Faber and O'Conor created their own company. On May 2, 1913, the first Formica plant opened in Cincinnati, Ohio. On October 15, 1913, the business incorporated as the Formica Insulation Company with Faber as president and treasurer and O'Conor as vice-president and secretary. The company began producing insulation parts used in place of or "for mica," the costly mineral that had been used in electrical insulation.

Like most new companies, Formica had modest beginnings. Faber and O'Conor faced the challenge of looking for investors who would let them maintain control over the company. Finally, they met J. G. Tomluin, a lawyer and banker from Walton, Kentucky, who invested $7,500 for a one-third share in the Formica Company. Renting a small space in downtown Cincinnati, Faber and O'Conor began work. The company's equipment list consisted of a 35-horsepower boiler, a small gas stove, and a variety of homemade hand screw presses. By September 1913, Tomluin had brought in two more partners, David Wallace and John L. Vest. With the added capital, O'Conor, Faber, and Formica's eighteen employees began producing automobile insulation parts for Bell Electric Motor, Allis Chalmers, and Northwest Electric.

Initially, the Formica Company only made insulation rings and tubes for motors. However, by July 4, 1914, the company obtained its first press and began to produce flat laminate sheets made from Redmenol resin. Business gradually grew, and by 1917 sales totaled $75,000. Fueled by World War I, Formica's business expanded to making radio parts, aircraft pulleys, and timing gears for the burgeoning motor industry. In the years that followed, Formica products were in high demand as laminate plastics replaced older materials in washers, vacuum cleaners, and refrigerators. By 1919, the Formica Company required larger facilities and purchased a factory in Cincinnati.

During this time, patent battles and legal suits emerged to challenge Formica's success. On June 11, 1919, Westinghouse sued Formica for patent infringement on its laminated gears; Formica won. Later that year, Westinghouse brought two new lawsuits against Formica. The first was for a patent infringement on the production of tubes, rods, and molded parts; the second was over an infringement based on a 1913 patent assigned to Westinghouse through O'Conor. Formica prevailed in both suits.

Legal battles did not deter the company. Having to defend itself against a giant corporation gave Formica a reputation as a scrappy contender. Finally, Faber and O'Conor made a quantum leap in 1927, when the company was granted a U.S. patent for a phenolic laminate utilizing lithographed wood grains of light color, forming an opaque barrier sheet which blocks out the dark interior of the laminate. In 1931, the company received two more patents for the preparation of the first all paper based laminate and for the addition of a layer of aluminum foil between the core and the surface, making the laminate cigarette-proof. These patents would allow Formica to move from a company dealing primarily with industrial material to the highly visible arena of consumer goods.

In 1937, Faber had a severe heart attack which limited his activity within the company. O'Conor continued as president, encouraging new product lines, including Realwood, as a laminate with genuine wood veneer mounted on a paper lamination with a heat-reactive binder. With the introduction of Realwood and its derivatives, manufacturers started using Formica laminate for tabletops, desks, and dinette sets. By the early forties, sales of Formica laminate were over 15 million dollars. The final recipe for decorative laminate was perfected in 1938, when melamine resins were introduced. Melamine was clear, extremely hard, and resistant to stains, heat, light, less expensive than phenolic resins. It also made possible laminates of colored papers and patterns.

Due to World War II, Formica postponed the manufacturing of decorative laminate sheets. Instead, the company made a variety of war-time products ranging from airplane propellers to bomb buster tubes.

The post-World War II building boom fueled the decorative laminate market and ushered in what would come to be known as the golden age for Formica. The company, anticipating the demand for laminate, acquired a giant press capable of producing sheets measuring thirty by ninety-six inches for kitchen countertops. Between 1947 and 1950, more than 2 million new homes were designed with Formica brand laminate for kitchens and bathrooms.

Formica's advertising campaigns, initially aimed at industry, were transformed to speak to the new decorative needs of consumer society, in particular the American housewife. Formica hired design consultants, Brooks Stevens, and, later, Raymond Loewy who launched extensive advertising campaigns. Advertising themes of durability, cleanliness, efficiency, and beauty abound in promotional material of this time. Advertisers promised that the plastic laminate, known as "the wipe clean wonder," was resistant to dirt, juices, jams, alcohol stains, and cigarette burns. Atomic patterns and space-age colors, including Moonglo, Skylark, and Sequina, were introduced in homes, schools, offices, hospitals, diners, and restaurants across America.

The post-war period was also marked by expansion, specifically with the establishment of Formica's first international markets. In 1947, Formica signed a licensing agreement with the British firm the De La Rue Company of London for the exclusive manufacture and marketing of decorative laminates outside North America, and in South America and the Pacific Basin. In 1948, Formica changed its name from the Formica Insulation Company to the Formica Company. In 1951, Formica responded to growing consumer demand by opening a million square foot plant in Evendale, Ohio, devoted to the exclusive production of decorative sheet material. In 1956, the Formica Company became the Formica Corporation, a subsidiary of American Cyanamid Company. A year later, the international subsidiaries that Formica formed with De La Rue Company of London were replaced by a joint company called Formica International Limited.

The plastic laminate was not merely confined to tabletops and dinette sets. Formica laminate was used for skis, globes, and murals. Moreover, well-known artists and architects used the decorative laminate for modernist furniture and Art Deco interiors. In 1960, Formica's Research and Development Design Center was established, adjacent to the Evendale plant, to develop uses for existing laminate products. In 1966, the company opened the Sierra Plant near Sacramento, California. Such corporate expansion enabled Formica to market its laminates beyond the traditional role as a countertop surface material.

In 1974, Formica established its Design Advisory Board (DAB), a group of leading designers and architects. DAB introduced new colors and patterns of laminate that gained popularity among artists and interior designers in the 1980s. In 1981, DAB introduced the Color Grid, a systematic organization of Formica laminate arranged by neutrals and chromatics. The Color Grid was described as the first and only logically arranged collection of color in the laminate industry. DAB also developed the Design Concepts Collection of premium solid and patterned laminates to serve the needs of contemporary interior designers.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the corporation continued to produce laminates for interior designers, artists, and architects. In 1982, Formica introduced COLORCORE, the first solid-color laminate. Due to its relatively seamless appearance, COLORCORE was adopted by artists for use in furniture, jewelry, and interior design. The introduction of COLORCORE also marked the emergence of a wide variety of design exhibitions and competitions sponsored by the Formica Corporation. In 1985, Formica Corporation became independent and privately held. Formica continues to be one of the leading laminate producers in the world with factories in the United States, England, France, Spain, Canada, and Taiwan.

For additional information on the history of the Formica Corporation, see:

DiNoto, Andrea. Art Plastic: Designed for Living. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.

Fenichell, Stephen. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century. New York: Harper/Collins, 1996.

Jeffers Grace. 1998. Machine Made Natural: The Decorative Products of the Formica Corporation, 1947-1962. Master's thesis. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.

Lewin, Susan Grant, ed. Formica & Design: From Counter Top to High Art. New York: Rizzoli, 1991.
Related Materials:
Materials at the Archives Center

Leo Baekeland Papers, 1881-1968 (NMAH.AC.0005)

DuPont Nylon Collection, 1939-1977 (NMAH.AC.0007)

J. Harry DuBois Collection on the History of Plastics, circa 1900-1975 (NMAH.AC.0008)

Earl Tupper Papers, circa 1914-1982 (NMAH.AC.0470)

The Division of Medicine and Science holds artifacts related to this collection. See accession # 1997.0319 and #1997.3133.
Provenance:
This collection was assembled by Grace Jeffers, historian of material culture, primarily from materials given to her by Susan Lewin, Head of Formica's New York design and publicity office when the office closed in 1995. The collection was donated to the Archives Center by Grace Jeffers in September 1996.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Plastics industry and trade  Search this
Plastics -- 1920-2000  Search this
Plastics as art material -- 1920-2000  Search this
Plastics in interior design -- 1920-2000  Search this
advertising -- plastic industry -- 1920-2000  Search this
Plastic jewelry -- 1920-2000  Search this
Laminated plastics -- 1920-2000  Search this
Exhibitions -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
House furnishings -- 1920-2000 -- United States  Search this
Housewives as consumers -- 1920-2000  Search this
Electronic insulators and insulation -- Plastics -- 1920-2000  Search this
Inventions -- 1920-2000 -- United States  Search this
Women in advertising  Search this
Women in popular culture -- 1920-2000  Search this
Genre/Form:
Scripts (documents)
Videotapes
Posters -- 20th century
Samples -- 1920-2000
Advertisements
Brochures
Blueprints -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Newsletters -- 20th century
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogs
Catalogs -- 1920-2000
Correspondence -- 20th century
Citation:
Formica Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0565
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Formica Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8859e644e-2a2b-427b-ae69-3dfadd400aa4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0565
Online Media:

She who tells a story women photographers from Iran and the Arab world Kristen Gresh ; foreword by Michket Krifa

Author:
Gresh, Kristen  Search this
Subject:
El Nemr, Rana  Search this
Physical description:
164 pages illustrations, portraits 23 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Arab countries
Iran
États arabes
Arabische Staaten
Date:
2013
Arab countries
Iran
Topic:
Photography  Search this
Photography--Exhibitions  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Femmes photographes  Search this
Dokumentarfotografie  Search this
Fotografin  Search this
Porträtfotografie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1008548

Ping pen feng hua Ming Qing hua qi te zhan = The enchanting splendor of vases and planters : a special exhibition of flower vessels from the Ming and Qing dynasties zhu bian Chen Yuxiu

Title:
瓶盆風華 : 明清花器特展 = The enchanting splendor of vases and planters : a special exhibition of flower vessels from the Ming and Qing dynasties / 主編陳玉秀
Ming Qing hua qi te zhan
瓶盆風華 : 明清花器特展 = The enchanting splendor of vases and planters : a special exhibition of flower vessels from the Ming and Qing dynasties / 主編陳玉秀
Special exhibition of flower vessels from the Ming and Qing dynasties
Enchanting splendor of vases and planters a special exhibition of flower vessels from the Ming and Qing dynasties
Editor:
Chen, Yuxiu  Search this
Subject:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this
Physical description:
296 pages color illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Tu ji
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Zhong guo
Date:
2014
Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing)
Ming qing shi dai
Topic:
Porcelain, Chinese  Search this
Vases, Chinese  Search this
Porcelaine chinoise  Search this
Porcelain, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties  Search this
Gu dai tao ci--Jian shang  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052882

Ji jin yao cai Yuan cang li dai tong qi zhu bian You Guoqing = Rituals cast in brilliance : Chinese bronzes through the ages / editor, Yu Kuo-Ching

Title:
吉金耀釆 : 院藏歷代銅器 / 主編游國慶 = Rituals cast in brilliance : Chinese bronzes through the ages / editor, Yu Kuo-Ching
Yuan cang li dai tong qi
院藏歷代銅器
Chinese bronzes through the ages
Rituals cast in brilliance Chinese bronzes through the ages
Issuing body:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this
Editor:
You, Guoqing  Search this
Author:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan Ji jin yao cai  Search this
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan Ji jin yao cai English  Search this
Subject:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this
Physical description:
215 pages chiefly illustrations, chiefly color 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Taiwan
Taipei
Taibei
Date:
2015
Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D
To 221 B.C
Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C
221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han)
Topic:
Bronzes, Chinese  Search this
Bronzes  Search this
Bronzes chinois  Search this
Bronzes, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052905

Tu su jiu huang di xin chun de di yi bei jiu = Tusu wine : the emperor's first drink of the Chinese New Year zhu bian He Chuanxin

Title:
屠蘇酒 : 皇帝新春的第一杯酒 = Tusu wine : the emperor's first drink of the Chinese New Year / 主編何傳馨
Huang di xin chun de di yi bei jiu
皇帝新春的第一杯酒
Emperor's Frist Drink of the Chinese New Year
Tusu Wine the Emperor's First Drink of the Chinese New Year
Issuing body:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this
Editor:
He, Chuanxin  Search this
Subject:
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this
Physical description:
47 pages illustrations, chiefly color 27 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Anecdotes
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
China
Chine
Date:
2014
Topic:
Drinking customs--History  Search this
Wine and wine making--History  Search this
Boissons--Fonctions sociales--Histoire  Search this
Drinking customs  Search this
Wine and wine making  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052907

Budala gong zhen bao guan tu lu = Pho-braṅ Po-tā-la Budala gong guan li chu bian ji

Title:
布达拉宮 : 珍宝馆图录 = Pho-braṅ Po-tā-la / 布达拉宮管理处编辑
Zhen bao guan tu lu
珍宝馆图录
Pho-braṅ Po-tā-la
Subject:
Potala (Lhasa, China)  Search this
Physical description:
296 pages color illustrations 35 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Catalogues
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
China
Lhasa
Tibet Autonomous Region
Chine
Région autonome du Tibet
Lhassa
Date:
2013
Topic:
Art objects, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist art  Search this
Tibetans--Material culture  Search this
Art bouddhique  Search this
Objets d'art tibétains  Search this
Tibétains--Culture matérielle  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052909

Yu run dong fang Dawenkou - Longshan. Liangzhu yu qi wen hua zhan Shandong bo wu guan, Liangzhu bo wu yuan bian

Title:
玉润东方 : 大汶口-龙山·良渚玉器文化展 / 山东博物馆, 良渚博物院编
Dawenkou - Longshan. Liangzhu yu qi wen hua zhan
大汶口-龙山·良渚玉器文化展
Editor:
Shandong bo wu guan  Search this
Liangzhu bo wu yuan  Search this
Subject:
Shandong bo wu guan  Search this
Liangzhu bo wu yuan  Search this
Liangzhu bo wu yuan  Search this
Shandong bo wu guan  Search this
Physical description:
215 pages color illustrations, color maps 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Expositions
Tu lu
catalogs (documents)
Catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
China
Chine
Zhong guo
Date:
2014
To 221 B.C
Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C
Topic:
Jade art objects--History  Search this
Jade--History  Search this
Liangzhu culture  Search this
Jade--Histoire  Search this
Jades--Histoire  Search this
Gu yu qi  Search this
Jade art objects  Search this
Jade  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052943

In praise of folly

Title:
In praise of folly October 9, 2015-January 31, 2016
Phyllis Bramson in praise of folly : a retrospective, 1985-2015
Artist:
Bramson, Phyllis  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Orendorff, Danny 1984-  Search this
Warren, Lynne  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Johnson, Carrie (Curator)  Search this
Host institution:
Rockford Art Museum  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
26 unnumbered pages color illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
2015
Call number:
AAF--Bramson, Phyllis
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1058648

Qin Jin zhi hao : Jin Shan chu tu Zhou dai wen wu jing cui / Baoji qing tong qi bo wu yuan, Shanxi bo wu yuan, Shanxi Sheng kao gu yan jiu suo bian

Title:
秦晋之好 : 晋陕出土周代文物精粹 / 宝鸡青铜器博物院, 山西博物院, 山西省考古研究所编
Jin Shan chu tu Zhou dai wen wu jing cui
晋陕出土周代文物精粹
Author:
Qin Jin zhi hao--Shanxi chu tu Zhou dai wen wu jing hua zhan (2015 : Baoji qing tong qi bo wu yuan)  Search this
Editor:
Baoji qing tong qi bo wu yuan  Search this
Shanxi bo wu yuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi Sheng, China)  Search this
Shanxi Sheng kao gu yan jiu suo (Taiyuan, Shanxi Sheng, China)  Search this
Physical description:
141 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Shanxi Sheng (China)
China
Shanxi Sheng
Date:
2015
To 221 B.C
Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C
Topic:
Art objects, Chinese  Search this
Objets d'art chinois  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1059045

Walasse Ting the flower thief edited by Éric Lefebvre and Mael Bellec

Title:
Flower thief
Editor:
Bellec, Mael  Search this
Lefebvre, Éric 1975-  Search this
Author:
Musée Cernuschi  Search this
Subject:
Ting, Walasse  Search this
Ting, Walasse Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
219 pages illustrations (some color), portraits 31 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Catalogues d'exposition
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081001

Gongwang Fuchun : ming hua hui gu xiang te zhan / Gongwang mei shu guan bian

Title:
公望富春 : 名画回故乡特展 / 公望美术馆编
Ming hua hui gu xiang te zhan
名画回故乡特展
Host institute:
Gongwang mei shu guan  Search this
Subject:
Huang, Gongwang 1269-1354  Search this
Huang, Gongwang 1269-1354 Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains  Search this
Physical description:
261 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 38 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
In art
Exhibition catalogs
Art
Place:
Fuchun Mountains (China)
China
Fuchun Mountains
Date:
2016
Call number:
ND2070.H815 A6435 2016 Folio
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1081502

Liangzhu yu yun : Liangzhu wen hua yu qi jing pin = Charm of Liangzhu jade : fine ancient jades of Liangzhu culture / Yuhang bo wu guan, Liangzhu bo wu yuan, Ningbo bo wu guan bian

Title:
宁波市 : 宁波出版社, 2012
Liangzhu wen hua yu qi jing pin
良渚玉韵 : 良渚文化玉器精品 = Charm of Liangzhu jade : fine ancient jades of Liangzhu culture / 余杭博物馆, 良渚博物院, 宁波博物馆编
Charm of Liangzhu jade : fine ancient jades of Liangzhu culture
Editor:
Yuhang Qu bo wu guan  Search this
Liangzhu bo wu yuan  Search this
Ningbo bo wu guan.  Search this
Subject:
Liangzhu wen hua bo wu guan  Search this
Physical description:
191 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
Exhibition catalogues
History
Place:
China
Zhejiang Sheng
Chine
Zhejiang
Date:
2012
To 221 B.C
Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C
Topic:
Jade art objects  Search this
Jade art objects--History  Search this
Jades  Search this
Jades--Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082000

Kitty Chou countervision

Title:
Countervision
Author:
Chou, Kitty 1961-  Search this
Author:
Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong  Search this
Subject:
Chou, Kitty 1961-  Search this
Physical description:
48 pages color illustrations 19 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2017
Topic:
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Photographie artistique  Search this
Call number:
TR647 .C468 2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082526

Xu Bing Phoenix curated by Joseph Thompson ; copy editing, Jesse Robert Coffino, Delissa Handoko, Paulette Wein, Xuan Sheng

Title:
Phoenix
Artist:
Xu, Bing 1955-  Search this
Translator:
Coffino, Jesse Robert  Search this
Editor:
Handoko, Delissa  Search this
Wein, Paulette  Search this
Xuan Sheng  Search this
Organizer:
Thompson, Joseph 1958-  Search this
Issuing body:
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
Xu, Bing 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
135 pages illustrations (chiefly color), plans 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Massachusetts
North Adams
Date:
2015
Topic:
Installations (Art)  Search this
Phoenix (Mythical bird) in art  Search this
Phénix (Oiseau fabuleux) dans l'art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082554

La Cité interdite à Monaco vie de cour des empereurs et impératrices de Chine ouvrage publié sous la direction de / edited by Jean-Paul Desroches

Title:
Vie de cour des empereurs et impératrices de Chine
Author:
Desroches, Jean-Paul  Search this
Grimaldi Forum (Monaco, Monaco)  Search this
Physical description:
287 pages color illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
China
Chine
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Verbotene Stadt
Date:
2017
Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing)
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing)
Topic:
Art objects, Chinese  Search this
Art, Chinese  Search this
Art chinois  Search this
Objets d'art chinois  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Art objects, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties  Search this
Art, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties  Search this
Kultur  Search this
Kunst  Search this
Kunsthandwerk  Search this
Mingdynastie  Search this
Qing Dynasty (China)  Search this
Qingdynastie  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
N7344 .C57 2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1082561

Gu gong cang si seng shu hua quan ji / Gu gong bo wu yuan bian

Title:
故宮藏四僧書畫全集 / 故宮博物院編
Author:
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)  Search this
Lu, Ying  Search this
Yang, Danxia  Search this
Wang, Hu 1957-  Search this
Wang, Yimin  Search this
Editor:
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)  Search this
Subject:
Hongren 1610-1663  Search this
Kuncan active 17th century  Search this
Zhu, Da 1626-approximately 1705  Search this
Shitao active 17th century-18th century  Search this
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)  Search this
Physical description:
8 volumes : color illustrations ; 38 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
China
Beijing
Chine
Pékin
Date:
2017
Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
1368-1912 (Dynasties des Ming et des Qing)
Topic:
Painting, Chinese  Search this
Painting  Search this
Calligraphy, Chinese--History  Search this
Calligraphy  Search this
Peinture chinoise  Search this
Peinture  Search this
Calligraphie chinoise--Histoire  Search this
Calligraphy, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties  Search this
Painting, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties  Search this
Call number:
ND1043.5 .G834 2017 Folio
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1083569

Nyonya needlework embroidery and beadwork in the Peranakan world Cheah Hwei-Fe'n ; edited by Alan Chong and Richard Lingner

Title:
Embroidery and beadwork in the Peranakan world
Author:
Cheah, Hwei-Fe'n  Search this
Editor:
Chong, Alan 1957-  Search this
Lingner, Richard  Search this
Author:
Peranakan Museum (Singapore)  Search this
Physical description:
284 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Indonesia
Singapore
Indonésie
Singapour
Date:
2017
Topic:
Beadwork, Peranakan  Search this
Embroidery, Peranakan  Search this
Broderie de perles peranakan  Search this
Peranakan  Search this
Perlenstickerei  Search this
Stickerei  Search this
Textilkunst  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084361

Artist and empire (en)countering colonial legacies editor, Low Sze Wee

Title:
(En)countering colonial legacies
Editor:
Low, Sze Wee 1970-  Search this
Organizer:
National Gallery Singapore  Search this
Author:
Tate Britain (Gallery)  Search this
Physical description:
163 pages color illustrations 28 cm + 2 folded sheets (60 x 78 cm)
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
In art
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
Date:
2016
Topic:
Art, British--Themes, motives  Search this
Art, Colonial  Search this
Art, Singaporean  Search this
Art, Southeast Asian  Search this
Colonies in art  Search this
Art britannique--Thèmes, motifs  Search this
Art colonial  Search this
Art de l'Asie du Sud-Est  Search this
Art singapourien  Search this
Colonies dans l'art  Search this
British colonies  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084362

Nishi Masaaki koten = An exhibition of Masaaki Nishi : seven casts : iron

Title:
西雅秋個展 = An exhibition of Masaaki Nishi : seven casts : iron
Exhibition of Masaaki Nishi : seven casts : iron
Seven casts : iron
Author:
Nishi, Masaaki 1946-  Search this
Author:
Akiyama Garō  Search this
JAC Project  Search this
Subject:
Nishi, Masaaki 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1989
Call number:
NB1059.N75 A4 1989 Bklet
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084778

Sekine Nobuo = Nobuo Sekine

Title:
関根伸夫 = Nobuo Sekine
Nobuo Sekine
Author:
Sekine, Nobuo  Search this
Author:
Tōkyō Garō  Search this
JAC Project  Search this
Subject:
Sekine, Nobuo  Search this
Physical description:
9 unnumbered pages chiefly illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1980
Call number:
NB1059.S44 A4 1980
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084779

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