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  • Related Archival Materials note
  • Preferred Citation note
  • Custodial History note
  • Conditions Governing Access note

  • Title: ADC Furniture collection
    Identifier/Call Number: 0000209
    Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 50.0 Items
    Date (inclusive): circa 1930-circa 2001
    Location note: Mosher furniture shelves
    creator: Arne Jacobsen
    creator: Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981
    creator: Davidson, Julius Ralph, 1889-1977
    creator: Eames, Charles
    creator: Eames, Ray
    creator: Fleishman, Gregg, 1947-
    creator: Laszlo, Paul, 1900-1993
    creator: Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
    creator: Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953
    creator: Tuttle, Paul, 1918-2002
    creator: Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
    creator: Wegner, Hans, 1914-2007

    Scope and Contents note

    A collection assembled by the museum, which contains seat furniture, tables, lamps, and other small pieces, by designers and architects, most of whom practiced in California. Originally part of the museum's Fine Art Collection, most pieces were transferred to the Architecture and Design Collection in 2015. The museum continues to add to this collection, with a focus on California designers.

    Related Archival Materials note

    Julius R. Davidson papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara
    Paul Laszlo papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara
    Designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (Collection 101).
    David Gebhard papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (Collection 136).
    Esther McCoy research papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (Collection 104).
    Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with R. M. Schindler, 1914-1929, bulk 1918-1922, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 9600676.
    Historic American Buildinbg Survey records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
    Richard Neutra Papers, Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
    R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of Californa, Santa Barbara (Collection 100).
    Kem Weber papers, Architecture and Design Collection, Art Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara
    Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
    Charles Eames architecture and furniture designs, 1940-1978, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 890025A.
    Charles Eames and Ray Eames papers, 1950-1989. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Manuscript Division, I.D. no. MSS83006.
    Charles and Ray Eames ephemera and photographs, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (Collection 247).
    John and Marilyn Neuhart Papers, 1916-2011; bulk, 1957-2000, Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
    Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1906-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
    Eero Saarinen Collection, Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives
    Paul Tuttle papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara (Collecion 185).
    Jesse Alexander photographs and papers relating to Paul Tuttle, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara

    Preferred Citation note

    Architecture and Design Collection Furniture Collection; Art Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

    Custodial History note

    This collection has been assembled by the museum from various donations and accessions.

    Conditions Governing Access note

    Open to qualified researchers by appointment.