New Mexico furniture survey, 1980-1987.

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New Mexico furniture survey, 1980-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37995176

Summary: Collection consists of material related to the New Mexico Furniture Survey undertaken by the Museum of International Folk Art. The Survey was a project to record the origins, survival and revival of furniture-making techniques and designs in the Hispanic Southwest. It examined over a thousand pieces of furniture, noting the hand of the artisan, his tools and materials, and the evolving technology of the trade from 1600 to 1940. Collection includes survey and work sheets on furniture, computer printouts about furniture makers and images of chests, cupboards, chairs, tables, beds, benches, doors, and tools. Coordinators were Lonn Taylor and Dessa Bokides. Photographer was Mary Peck.

Folders : 1.9 linear feet.Computer printouts : .75 linear feet.Photographs : 1.8 linear feet.Slides : 268.Negatives : 2.4 linear feet.

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Museum of New Mexico Library

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Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)

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Since its official opening in 1953, the Museum of International Folk Art, a unit of the Museum of New Mexico, has sought to collect, preserve, interpret, and present material folk culture from all parts of the globe. It has developed notable collections of textiles, costumes, Spanish Colonial art, contemporary Hispanic crafts of the Southwest, and Latin American folk art. From the description of New Mexico Northeast Sector Overview Project survey, 1984- 1985. (Museum of New Mexico Li...

Peck, Mary, 1952-

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Bokides, Dessa

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Taylor, Lonn, 1940-....

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