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- 1850-1950 (Creation)
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c 4000 items
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Biographical history
The Domestic Design collection was begun in the 1950s by staff at the former Hornsey College of Art at a time when books on 19th and early 20th Century architecture and designs could be acquired very cheaply. In the 1960s the acquisitions policy was extended to include trade catalogues of mostly British furnishers, upholsterers and interior decorators, and continues to the present day.
Archival history
GB 1383 BADDA 1850-1950 Collection (fonds) c 4000 items Hornsey College of Art
Middlesex University
The Domestic Design collection was begun in the 1950s by staff at the former Hornsey College of Art at a time when books on 19th and early 20th Century architecture and designs could be acquired very cheaply. In the 1960s the acquisitions policy was extended to include trade catalogues of mostly British furnishers, upholsterers and interior decorators, and continues to the present day.
Via Hornsey College of Art which subsequently became part of the present Middlesex University.
The Domestic Design Collection, 1850-1950, consists of 4,000 books, catalogues and brochures on mainly British domestic architecture and interior decoration. There is also a collection of journals and periodicals relating to many aspects of house building, buying and decorating over the same period.
Archival material is open for consultation in the Study Room on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10am-4pm, by appointment with the staff of the museum, subject to conservation status of the material concerned. The museum is open to all during its normal opening hours.
Reproduction of material is at the discretion of the curator.
English
Part of this collection is catalogued on the Middlesex University library system and is also available via the MoDA website.
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: MoDA Domestic Design Collection website. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Building design Construction engineering Decorative arts Europe Interior architecture UK Western Europe London England
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Via Hornsey College of Art which subsequently became part of the present Middlesex University.
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Scope and content
The Domestic Design Collection, 1850-1950, consists of 4,000 books, catalogues and brochures on mainly British domestic architecture and interior decoration. There is also a collection of journals and periodicals relating to many aspects of house building, buying and decorating over the same period.
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Conditions governing access
Archival material is open for consultation in the Study Room on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10am-4pm, by appointment with the staff of the museum, subject to conservation status of the material concerned. The museum is open to all during its normal opening hours.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction of material is at the discretion of the curator.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Part of this collection is catalogued on the Middlesex University library system and is also available via the MoDA website.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English