Harold and Mabel Bowdoin papers relating to Arthur J. Stone
name: label: Creator
content: Bowdoin, Harold
label: Creator
content: Bowdoin, Mabel
label: Names
content: Stone Associates (Gardner, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938
topic: label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983 by William and Sally Rhoads, who bought the papers at auction.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bowdoin, Harold
label: Creator
content: Bowdoin, Mabel
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold and Mabel Bowdoin were close friends of silversmith Arthur J. Stone and his wife Elizabeth from the 1920's on. Harold was a business partner of Norman Bell Geddes, the designer, and Mabel ran the Little Gallery in New York City until it was sold to Leah Curtiss-Gould and moved to Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1948
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bowdharo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relating to silversmith Arthur J. Stone, including: five ink drawings [ca. 1920] of a tea set by Stone; a scrapbook containing biographical data on Stone, two letters from Stone, 1920 and 1925, a letter from his widow, Elizabeth, 1938, clippings, and photographs of Stone, his home, and his silverwork; an exhibition catalogue, SILVER BY ARTHUR STONE (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., 1941); newspaper clippings and printed material on Stone and his associates, 1942 and 1948; and twelve photographs of craftsmen in the Stone workshop and of silver by Stone.