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Achievement 18/8 stainless (folder w/5 inserts and 4 pictures)

Author:
Oneida Silversmiths  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1978
Ca1978
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
33110
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_273876

Annuario della produzione = Production yearbook

Title:
Production yearbook
Author:
Alessi (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Alessi (Firm) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
87 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1992
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
NK8725 .A37a 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_482076

Annuario della produzione = Production yearbook

Title:
Production yearbook
Author:
Alessi (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Alessi (Firm) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1994
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
NK8725 .A37a 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_497004

Beauty of silver in heirloom stainless June 1, 1977

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1977
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32068
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270681

Beauty of silver in stainless by Oneida A-771

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1977
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32072
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270683

Collection of stainless steel flatware (folder w/18 pictures and 2 inserts)

Author:
Yamazaki Tableware Inc  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1980
Ca1980
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
33097
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_273864

Community stainless for young folks A-776

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1977
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32074
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270687

Community stainless for young folks w/insert A-1010, Januay 1, 1980

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1979
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32169
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_272714

Cultura stainless steel holloware

Author:
Fraser's, Inc  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
Nd
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
37075
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_284557

Don Wallance : changing the look of American flatware through craft and industry / Ellen Marriott Dodington

Title:
Changing the look of American flatware through craft and industry
Author:
Dodington, Ellen Marriott  Search this
Subject:
Wallance, Don 1909-1990  Search this
H.E. Lauffer Co  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 122 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
20th century
Topic:
Industrial designers  Search this
Flatware--History  Search this
Stainless steel tableware--History  Search this
Call number:
NK8450 .D63 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_701697

Don Wallance collection

Creator:
Wallance, Don, 1909-1990  Search this
Names:
Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive  Search this
Design Laboratory School (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
H.E. Lauffer Co.  Search this
Hard Manuacturing Company  Search this
Lincoln Center Theater (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
National Youth Administration  Search this
Towle Mfg. Company  Search this
United States. Army -- Barracks and quarters  Search this
Wallance, Don, 1909-1990  Search this
Extent:
6 Cubic feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Clippings
Invoices
Patents
Photographs
Blueprints
Speeches
Press releases
Drawings
Articles
Sketches
Date:
1936-1990
Summary:
This collection documents Wallance's career from his enrollment in the Design Laboratory School in 1936 to his death in 1990.Included are his designs for tableware, furniture, and household accessories, as well as material on his research and writings. This collection consists of sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, and reference materials, in addition to publicity and promotional materials. Extensive documentation exists on Wallance's pioneering designs for stainless steel flatware for H. E. Lauffer Company and his experimental furniture for the U.S. Army, Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, and the Hard Manufacturing Company. Thorough documentation of his research for his landmark book, "Shaping America's Products," is included. The collection also contains a substantial amount of information on the Design Laboratory School, the first industrial design school in the United States to be patterned after the Bauhaus.
Arrangement note:
This collection is arranged into eight record groups: 1) Industrial Design Projects; 2) "Shaping America's Products"; 3) Other Activities; 4) General Correspondence; 5) Business Records; 6) Biographical Material; 7) Reference Material; and 8) Photographs and Slides. Within each record group, materials are arranged by client, or in lieu of a client, by project name.

Letter size, legal size, and oversized materials, photographs, slides, film, and video are all boxed separately. Where possible, subjects have been cross referenced between the various sizes and types of material.
Biographical/Historical note:
Metalworker, furniture and industrial designer. Born New York City, September 26, 1909. Wallance graduated New York University in 1930 with a B.A. in English Literature. He traveled to northern Europe where he was exposed to the International Style in architecture and design. Upon returning to the United States, he went to work in his father's furniture store and saw the need for more inventive designs in retail furnishings. He attended Design Laboratory School in New York City from its inception in 1936 until it closed its doors in 1940.

From 1941-2, Wallance served as the state of Louisiana's technical and design director for the National Youth Administration, established in 1940 by President Roosevelt to help build a young, technically capable work force. During World War II, Wallance designed mass-produced furniture for servicemen's families living abroad for the Office of the Quartermaster General, Washington. He began designing tableware, cutlery, and accessories for H.E. Lauffer in 1951.

Among his most recognizable designs for Lauffer were Design One, a highly sculptural, brushed stainless steel flatware created in 1953, and Design Ten, a colored plastic flatware created in 1978-79. Both designs are now produced by Towle Manufacturing Company. ln addition, Wallance designed auditorium seating in steel and upholstered polyurethane foam for Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in 1964 and hospital furniture in steel and plastics for Hard Manufacturing Company in 1965. Wallance is best known for his book, "Shaping America's Products", 1956, which remains a seminal study of the relationship of craftsmanship to industry.
Location of Other Archival Materials Note:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Applied Arts Department. Approximately 100 items, consisting of models, prototypes, and production pieces of flatware, cutlery, and other items.
Provenance:
These materials were donated to Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in 1991 by David M. and Gregory J. Wallance, sons of the designer.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research use onsite by appointment. Permission of staff required to photograph materials.
Occupation:
Industrial designers -- United States  Search this
Furniture designers -- United States  Search this
Topic:
Design, Industrial -- United States  Search this
Shaping America's Products  Search this
Furniture design -- United States -- History -- 20th century  Search this
Cookware  Search this
Flatware -- United States  Search this
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Clippings
Invoices
Patents
Photographs
Blueprints
Speeches
Press releases
Drawings
Articles
Sketches
Identifier:
SIL-CH.1991-81-1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc2c748cfca-efd6-4a03-85bc-1086ca3fd24d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sil-ch-1991-81-1

Fine quality American made stainless w/insert A-1002

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1980
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32079
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270692

From sterling to steel : the democratization of utensils in the American household : marketing stainless steel flatware to postwar America / Melanie Lynn Fox

Author:
Fox, Melanie Lynn  Search this
Physical description:
111 leaves : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
20th century
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware--History  Search this
Flatware--History  Search this
Call number:
NK8450 .F69 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_773539

Georg Jensen rustfrit staal

Author:
Georg Jensen sølvsmedie, A/s  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([6] p.)
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1940
1949
194-?]
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
46100
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405231

Georg Jensen stainless steel

Author:
Georg Jensen sølvsmedie, A/s  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([10] p.)
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1940
1949
[194-?]
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
46097
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405235

Heirloom ltd. stainless D-1206

Author:
Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths Consumer Products Division  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1977
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32069
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270682

L'officina Alessi : Alberto Alessi e Alessandro Mendini : dieci anni di progetto, 1980-1990 = L'atelier Alessi : Alberto Alessi et Alessandro Mendini : dix ans de design, 1980-1990 / Laura Polinoro ; con interventi di Alberto Alessi ... [et al.]

Author:
Polinoro, Laura  Search this
Alessi, Alberto  Search this
Mendini, Alessandro 1931-  Search this
Subject:
Alessi (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1989
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Kitchen utensils  Search this
Designers  Search this
Industrial designers  Search this
Call number:
NK8725.A37 P76 1989
NK8725.A37P76 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405737

Northland stainless patterns w/2 inserts -300

Author:
Northland Stainless  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1979
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32182
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_272723

Northland stainless tableware N-229

Author:
Northland Stainless  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1977
Topic:
Stainless steel tableware  Search this
Call number:
32181
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270709

Officina Alessi

Author:
Alessi (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Alessi (Firm) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
128 p. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Italy
Date:
1994
C1994
Topic:
Tableware  Search this
Stainless steel tableware--Catalogs  Search this
Industrial designers--Biography  Search this
Call number:
NK8725 .A37 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_497008

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