Oral history interview with Tage Frid
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Frid, Tage
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: School for American Crafts
label: Names
content: Wegner, Hans J., 1914-
topic: label: Topic
content: Artisans -- Rhode Island -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Designers -- Rhode Island -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Rhode Island -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Frid, Tage
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tage Frid (1915-2004) was a designer, craftsman, and educator from Foster, R.I.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 167 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 June 24-1982 February 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.frid80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Tage Frid conducted 1980 June 24-1982 February 22, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Frid speaks of his training in Denmark; his early career; his apprenticeship in a woodworking shop in Copenhagen; craft education and production in the 1930s in Denmark; his work in interior design; his work under Hans Wegner in the 1940s; teaching positions at the School for American Craftsmen in Rochester, N.Y. and the Rhode Island School of Design; the development of an extensive design practice in New York state in the 1950s; his involvement as an exhibitor and juror; private commissions; and mass productions.