Object Details
- Creator
- Piette, Andre, 1934-1984 (ceramic designer, artist)
- Collector
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Ceramics and Glass
- Names
- Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
- Donor
- Magdoff, Sam
- Topic
- Ceramics
- Porcelain -- 20th century
- Ceramics -- Design
- Design -- United States
- Wallpaper -- Design
- Designers
- White House china
- Christmas card design
- Provenance
- Donated by Sam Magdoff, Dean of Continuing Education, Parsons School of Design, July 29, 1985.
- Creator
- Piette, Andre, 1934-1984 (ceramic designer, artist)
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- Andre Piette Collection
- Summary
- Collection documents Andre Piette's career as an illustrator and designer. The materials include sketches, drawings, tracings, photographs (color transparencies, slides, and prints), and samples of wallpaper, designs for gift wrap, and a few textiles.
- Biographical / Historical
- Piette, artist and designer, spent his early years studying at the Academie Royale De Beaux-Arts in Liege, Belgium. He is noted for his designs of Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and wallpaper. In 1968 he was commissioned by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to design a set of White House state china, consisting of 2,500 pieces.
- Extent
- 8 Cubic feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Date
- 1954-1979
- Custodial History
- Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Ceramics and Glass (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) December 4, 1984.
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0129
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Correspondence
- Black-and-white photographic prints
- Drawings
- Design drawings
- Christmas cards
- Designs
- Clippings
- Tracings
- Wrapping materials
- Citation
- Andre Piette Collection, 1954-1979, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged into four series. Series 1: White House China, 1967-1970, undated Series 2: Other Designs, undated Series 3: Andre Piette Scrapbook, undated Series 4: Oversize, undated
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence -- 1940-2000
- Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
- Drawings -- 1950-1990
- Design drawings -- 1950-2000
- Christmas cards
- Designs
- Clippings -- 1950-2000
- Tracings
- Wrapping materials -- Design
- Scope and Contents
- The collection consists of a wide range of materials documenting Andre Piette's career as an illustrator and designer. The materials include sketches, drawings, tracings, photographs (color transparencies, slides, and prints), and samples of wallpaper, designs for gift wrap, and a few textiles. The materials are the product of the Piette's early years in the United States (1960s) as a landscape artist in New England and as an associate of Norman Rockwell and of his later work for Tiffany & Company as a freelance designer. As an employee of Tiffany, Piette designed the White House china set for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Materials documenting this effort—White House China—are the largest series in the collection. Other design work includes cards, silver, parquet flooring, and china. There also are drawings and tracings not associated with specific functional products.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510418351-1503510418355-0
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