Lockwood deForest collection, 1920-1949.

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Lockwood deForest collection, 1920-1949.

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Consists primarily of landscape drawings, arranged alphabetically by client name. The majority of these drawings relate to residential projects in Southern California, including large estates such as "Val Verde." Non-residential projects include the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, clubs, schools, exhibits, and a few commercial properties. Occasionally included are drawings of buildings designed by architects such as Chester L. Carjola, William W. Wurster, George Washington Smith, Robert Stanton, Requa and Jackson, and Lutah Maria Riggs. Also includes a small amount of textual records, deForest's copy of his pamphlet "The Plants of Santa Barbara," and a card file that served as a catalog of plants for the Santa Barbara region.

1 half box, 12 flat file drawers.

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De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932

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Lockwood de Forest (June 8, 1850 – April 3, 1932) was an American painter, interior designer and furniture designer. A key figure in the Aesthetic Movement, he introduced the East Indian craft revival to Gilded Age America. As a young man, de Forest first worked as a painter, taking the lessons of his Hudson River School contemporaries. In 1879, de Forest began his career in the decorative arts working at Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, before starting his own decorating ...

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