Bertha Elizabeth & Ethel Spencer Lloyd papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lloyd, Bertha Elizabeth, b. 1869
label: Creator
content: Lloyd, Ethel Spencer, b. 1875
label: Names
content: Brookgreen Gardens
label: Names
content: Putnam, Brenda, 1890-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Topic
content: Women designers
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1957 by Ethel Spencer Lloyd.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lloyd, Bertha Elizabeth, b. 1869
label: Creator
content: Lloyd, Ethel Spencer, b. 1875
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Lloyds were both designers in Detroit, Mich. Bertha Elizabeth Lloyd specialized in leatherwork, lacemaking, and embroidery, and Ethel Spencer Lloyd specialized in jewelry, silversmithing, and embroidery. Brenda Putnam (1890-1975) was a sculptor from Minneapolis, Minn. Among other institutions, she attended the Boston Museum of Fine Art School and the Art Students League. She was an artist for the WPA as well. She and the Lloyds were presumably friends.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lloybert
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: All but photographs: 35mm microfilm reel 3483 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. The two photographs have been digitized and are available on the Archives' website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 30 letters and greeting cards from the sculptor Brenda Putnam, regarding her bust of musician Ossip Gabrilowitsch, other projects, and other matters; a catalog of Putnam's work published by Brookgreen Gardens, S.C., 1937; a sketch by Putnam; a reproduction of her bust of Gabrilowitsch; and two photos, one of Ethel and one of Bertha.