Oral history interview with Ward Bennett
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 6 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bennett, Ward, 1917-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Furniture designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Designers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Bennett, Ward, 1917-2003
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ward Bennett (1917-2003) was an interior, furniture, and textile designer, and sculptor from New York, New York. Bennett is credited as the originator of the high-tech interior style, conversation pit, sunken living room, and U-shaped sofa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 February 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bennet73
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ward Bennett, conducted 1973 February 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.