Caldwell & Company Collection, 1894-c.1944.

Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive.

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White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Caldwell, Edward

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St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)

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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

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The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was originally built as the Waldorf Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 33rd St. in New York City in 1893 and was merged with the Astoria Hotel in 1897. The hotel was torn down in 1929 and the new Waldorf-Astoria Hotel opened in 1931 on Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. From the guide to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel records, 1893-1929, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Von Lossberg, Victor F.

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E.T. Caldwell Lighting Company.

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Caldwell & Co.

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Edward F. Caldwell and Victor F. von Lossberg founded Edward F. Caldwell & Company in 1894 in New York City. They became the most prominent manufacturers of custom lighting fixtures and metalwork in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Their success was due to their ability to incorporate popular and eclectic styles from French Neoclassical to Art Deco into their designs for electric lighting fixtures. From the description of Caldwell & Company Collection, 1894-c.1944. (Smi...

Edward F. Caldwell & Company.

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Plastic Illuminating Company.

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Frick Collection

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Pittsburgh industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) bequeathed his New York home, furnishings and works of art to be established as a public art gallery, The Frick Collection. In 1931, upon the death of Mr. Frick's wife, Adelaide, the Board of Trustees began the process of converting the Frick residence at One East 70th Street into a public museum, and constructing a new building for the Frick Art Reference Library. Frederick Mortimer Clapp was hired as an adviser on the proj...