Source Information
Card File of American Craftspeople, 1600-1995. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Winterthur, Delaware.
About U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
The Winterthur Library is devoted to the study of everyday life in America and America’s craft traditions, including furniture making, silversmithing, pottery making, textile production, etc. This collection includes images of a series of card files containing the names, working dates, places of residence, and other information about American craftspeople. Data on the cards relate to a wide range of craftspeople:
- artists / painters
- blacksmiths
- engravers
- fraktur artists
- furniture makers / cabinetmakers / turners / joiners
- gilders
- clock- and watchmakers
- glass workers
- goldsmiths
- graphic artists
- jewelers
- metalsmiths
- potters
- sculptors
- silversmiths / silver plate workers
Information on the cards includes the names of craftspeople, occupation and working dates, birth and death dates, where they lived, what they made, notes about their professional lives, and bibliographical and source references. (Information about furniture makers and silversmiths is more complete than other occupations, and some of the cards don’t include complete information.)
