Dates

• Creation: Majority of material found within 1931 - 1975

Extent

4 Linear feet

Inventory

(Boxes 1 through 3 in RC box 1; box 4 in RC box 2) Box 1 -Cabinet and chair makers; carvers; looking glasses, mirrors, frames; painters - ornamental, fancy, chair, japanning, sign, glazing, gilding, house, ship; turners; upholsterers; mechanics and other working men's associations; box 2 - art - artists, exhibitions, instruction, sales, miniature, flower, oriental, on velvet, needlework, lace weaving; artists' supplies; engravers; engravings for sale; lithographers; paper makers; architects, architectural drawings and books, builders, carpenters, joiners, house frames; brickmakers; plasterers; stone cutters, mantles; glass making and glass selling; potters; clock and watch makers, jewelers; silversmiths, platers; jewelers; metal workers other than silversmiths, platers, jewelers - blacksmiths, brass founders, braziers, coppersmiths, gunsmiths, iron foundry, nail manufactory, stove and grate manufactory, stove and grate manufactory, tin-plate workers, white and locksmiths; window coverings - blinds/venetian, transparent with painted scenes, indian; floor coverings; wall coverings - wall paper, wall paper hangers, wall paper manufacturers; lighting - gas; Box 3 - furniture available from sources other than local makers; furniture imported to washington dc from known places of origin (multiple sources, baltimore, boston, philadelphia, new york, england, france, germany, italy and silicy; furniture without known origin sold through auctions and furniture ware rooms; miscellaneous - general, u.s. capitol, museum - columbian, museum - washington, papyrotamia and glassblowing, chinese puzzle, kaleidoscopes; Box 4 - (compilations from apprenticeship records for furniture makers and other craftsmen; compilations of furniture forms with descriptors from newspaper advertisements; compilations of imported furniture with known places of origin from newspaper advertisements; book of prices of the columbia cabinet makers' society of the district of columbia for the manufacture of cabinet-ware. adopted 8/20/31 - photocopy; united journeymen cabinet makers beneficial society of the district of columbia, washington dc (constitution and by-laws of society), n.d. - photocopy; The magazine antiques may 1975 and may 1977.