Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Organization

Dates

Existence: 1870-

Biography

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY was founded in 1870 by a group of American businessmen, financiers, leading artists, and thinkers, who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. Its collections date from prehistory through the present day and come from all parts of the world.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

MET "The Art of Fashion Exhibit" Oct 1967- Jan 1968, 1967-1968

folder

Identifier: SC.214.4.80

Scope and Contents

This folder contains correspondence, press clippings, member lists, minutes of meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Invitations to the Art of Fashion Exhibition, and the transcript for the audio tour of the exhibition.

Dates: 1967-1968

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / CFDA Series, 1944-2000

News clippings, 1980's, 1980's

folder

Identifier: SC.69.5.2.20

Scope and Contents

This folder contains newspaper clippings about Vera Maxwell and her designs. Most of the clippings are laminated with self-adhesive paper. Also, included is a transcript of an interview Vera Maxwell had for WNBC-TV, an appreciation certificate from The Metropolitan Opera to Vera Maxwell, and a bulletin from The Metropolitan Museum of Art called "Fashion, Art, and Beauty."

Dates: 1980's

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / News clippings, 1955 - 1984

Pageant-Party of the Year 1966 sketches

Collection

Identifier: SC.351

Scope and Contents This collection consists original mixed-media sketches, most of which bear notations by specific designers indicating that they were produced for the 1966 Party of the Year Pageant along with "inspired by" notes indicating a specific garment (with accession numbers) in the collection of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many sketches are accompanied by fabric swatches.Artwork in the collection is by a variety of designers and artists including...

Dates: 1966

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Symposium records, 2018

folder

Identifier: SC.FITA.3.10.1.2.33

Scope and Contents Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2018 Symposium "Behind the Designer" on Saturday, May 12, 2018. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Caela Castillo "Armored in Ivory: The Bold Style and Soul of Nancy Cunard" ; Carson Poplin "Establishing a Legacy: Charles James & Millicent Rogers" ; Carol McLennan "Embracing the In-Between: Comme des Garçons, Butoh, and Ma" ; Lauren Bilodeau "Photographing Schiaparelli" ;...

Dates: 2018