Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting research, planning, design, execution, and installation of exhibitions during the tenure of David Revere McFadden, Curator, 1978-1993; Deborah Shinn, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-1996, and Assistant Curator, 1997-2002; and Sarah Coffin, Curator, 2004- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Opulent Eye of Alexander Girard;" "Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum: Furnishing the Modern Era;" "Aluminum By Design: From Jewelry to Jets;" "Rooms with a View: Landscape and Wallpaper;" "Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus;" "Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design;" "Nancy and Edwin Marks Collection Gallery: Treasures from the Collection;" "IDEO Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection;" "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008;" "Object Lessons, 43rd Annual Winter Antiques Show;" "Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser;" "National Design Triennial: Design Culture Now;" "National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now;" "Design for Life: A Centennial Celebration;" "Good Offices and Beyond;" "Jewels of Lalique;" "Body Language: Jewelry and Accessories at the National Design Museum;" "Jewelry of Tone Vigeland;" "Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760;" "Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill T. Berman Collection;" "Catalan Spirit: Gaudi and His Contemporaries;" "Russel Wright: Creating American Lifestyle;" "New Hotels for Global Nomads;" "Faster, Cheaper, Newer, More: Revolutions of 1848;" "Hella Jongerius Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection;" "Excavating Design: Eighteenth Century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection;" "Royal Gift: The 1826 Porcelain Jewel Cabinet;" "Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource;" and "Structure of Style: Dutch Modernism in the Applied Arts 1880-1930" as well as many proposed exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, label texts, promotional materials, clippings, installation photographs, checklists, object photographs, notes, research materials, product samples, brochures, pamphlets, publications, audiocassettes, illustrations, architectural drawings, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.