Andre Piette Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Piette, Andre, 1934-1984 (ceramic designer, artist)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Ceramics and Glass
label: Names
content: Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
label: Donor
content: Magdoff, Sam
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Porcelain -- 20th century
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content: Ceramics -- Design
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content: Design -- United States
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content: Wallpaper -- Design
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content: Designers
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content: White House china
label: Topic
content: Christmas card design
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Sam Magdoff, Dean of Continuing Education, Parsons School of Design,  July 29, 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Piette, Andre, 1934-1984 (ceramic designer, artist)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Andre Piette Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents Andre Piette's career as an illustrator and designer.  The materials include sketches, drawings, tracings, photographs (color transparencies, slides, and prints), and samples of wallpaper, designs for gift wrap, and a few textiles.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Piette, artist and designer, spent his early years studying at the Academie Royale De Beaux-Arts in Liege, Belgium. He is noted for his designs of Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and wallpaper. In 1968 he was commissioned by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to design a set of White House state china, consisting of 2,500 pieces.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Cubic feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1979
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Ceramics and Glass (now Division of Cultural and Community Life)  December 4, 1984.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0129
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Christmas cards
label: Type
content: Designs
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content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Tracings
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content: Wrapping materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: White House China, 1967-1970, undated

Series 2: Other Designs, undated

Series 3: Andre Piette Scrapbook, undated

Series 4: Oversize, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1940-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 1950-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Design drawings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Christmas cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Designs
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Tracings
label: Genre/Form
content: Wrapping materials -- Design
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a wide range of materials documenting Andre Piette's career as an illustrator and designer.  The materials include sketches, drawings, tracings, photographs (color transparencies, slides, and prints), and samples of wallpaper, designs for gift wrap, and a few textiles. The materials are the product of the Piette's early years in the United States (1960s) as a landscape artist in New England and as an associate of Norman Rockwell and of his later work for Tiffany & Company as a freelance designer.  As an employee of Tiffany, Piette designed the White House china set for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson.  Materials documenting this effort—White House China—are the largest series in the collection.  Other design work includes cards, silver, parquet flooring, and china.  There also are drawings and tracings not associated with specific functional products.