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 Series

MONOGRAMS AND SUPPLIED DESIGNS,, 1909,, 1917-1949,, 1952-1954,, 1959,, undated

Dates

  • 1909,
  • 1917-1949,
  • 1952-1954,
  • 1959,
  • undated

Scope and Contents

Summary: Documentation of personal, organizational, corporate and governmental crests, seals and monograms supplied by Lenox clients. While some of the documents pertain to individual clients, such as the John A. Roebling's Sons Company and the New Jersey Guernsey Breeders, most were supplied by retailers, such as Baily, Banks and Biddle Co., J. E. Caldwell, Marshall Fields and Tiffany & Co. Included are illustrations of monograms and crests in the form of drawings, tracings, film copies and stencils (metal sheets with pin holes for use with pounce), as well as envelopes and copies of invoices.

Among the invoices are several placed by company treasurer John L. Kuser and his wife for monogrammed china to be used as gifts. Invoices and designs are also present for such notable clients as John A. Roebling's Sons, the Republic of Cuba, the US Department of State and the White House.

Filed at the end of the series is a disbound notebook of crests and seals, with the entries arranged chronologically, consisting of single color renderings (not hand-drawn) of corporate, governmental and organizational seals, as well as specialized back stamps. The designs include, but are not limited to, seals of the States of Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New Jersey and Utah, seals of Rutgers University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and emblems of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United States Marine Corps. Also included within the notebook is a table of standard Lenox pattern codes and names, as well as two pages of illustrations of standard Lenox patterns.

Also filed at the end of the series is a memo pad, dating from 1926 to 1933, containing hand-drawn monograms, along with order information for the corresponding china sets.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Physical Description

(2 cubic feet)

Arrangement

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by retailer name, if present, else (or thereafter) by client or design.