New York

Resorts of the Catskills


An exhibition of the architectural and social history of this New York mountain resort. Photographs, maps, Hudson River School paintings, and historical documents contribute to the depiction of this popular vacation spot from pre-Civil War days to the present time.
New York, resort, photographs, MAPS, paintings, books, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350457

John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival


This landmark Belter exhibition assembles many rare works from the 19th-century cabinetmaker's New York workshop. 
furniture, furniture maker, 19th century, New York, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349659

New & Notable Books for June, 2011


The Cooper Hewitt National Design Library, a branch of Smithsonian Institution Libraries, is the major resource in the United States for books, trade catalogs, serials, pictures, and archival material covering design and decorative art from the Renaissance to the present. Students, artists and designers, writers, researchers from auction houses, preservation and historical societies, conservators, collectors, and museum professionals come and use our library to research and document design and decorative arts- and everyone is welcome.
National Design Library, New York, books, recent acquisitions, new and notable, June, 2011

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