The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike,
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Green, Susan
Title: Susan Green research papers
on coach lace
Dates: 1830-ca.2008, bulk ca.
1980-ca.2008
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 10x101
Quantity: 13 boxes, 1 folder
Location: 11 F 1-2
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Susan Green of
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Research notes, correspondence, photographs, and
negatives gathered by Susan Green while writing her book Coach Lace for Passenger Vehicles.
Although the book includes information on horse-drawn vehicles, railroad
passenger cars, and early automobiles, the materials in this collection focus
on the use of coach lace in horse-drawn vehicles, with a little about railroad
cars. The collection is especially rich
in color photos of carriage interiors and coach lace, with the photographed
vehicles being both in museum collections and privately owned. The collection also includes materials on
several American manufacturers of coach lace, a list of American and British
manufacturers, and a list of those who sold coach laces. Coach lace was a woven trim, similar to
braid, and not at all like bobbin or point lace. Two samples of coach lace are part of the
collection. Also found is an original
receipt from Henry Korn of
ORGANIZATION
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are mostly in English, with some
French and German.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift
of Susan Green, May 2010.
RELATED MATERIALS
Susan Green donated materials about the use of coach lace in early automobiles to the
Antique Automobile Library in
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Hayden, Peter, d.1888.
Korn,
Henry, ca.1788-1876.
Marsh,
Wilson, 1750-1828.
Pardee
family.
Ray,
Andrew.
Walker,
Dean, b.1793.
Topics:
William H.
Horstmann & Sons.
Carriages and
carts - Decoration - History.
Carriages and carts - Photographs.
Railroad passenger cars - Decoration - History.
Textile fabrics - Specimens.
Textile manufacturers -
Textile manufacturers - Untied States.
Receipts.
Photographs.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 11 F 1-2
Folder 1:
[see
photos in
Folders 2-3: “Coach
Lace for Passenger Vehicles”: copy of text
Folder 4: Day,
Jack: carriage collection (
[see
photos in
Folder 5: “Esthetique Industrielle et Stylisme,”
book about train upholstery, with photos, 1980
Folder 6: Granger
Homestead Society, Inc. (
[see
photos in
Folder 7:
[see
photos in
Folder 8: Le
Roy Historical Society (N.Y.) and Chautauqua Historical Society (N.Y.)
[see
photos in
Folder 9:
[see
photos in
Folder 10: Manufacturers
Folder 11: Manufacturers:
Braidex (
Folders 1-2: Manufacturers:
Clinton Company (Erastus Bigelow) (
[see
photos in
Folder 3: Manufacturers:
Context Weavers (reproduction fabrics,
Folder 4: Manufacturers:
Hayden, Peter (N.Y. and
Folders 5-7: Manufacturers:
Horstmann, William (
[see
photos in
Folder 1: Manufacturers:
Korn, Henry (
Includes
receipted bill (on printed form), 1830
Folder 2: Manufacturers:
lace weavers in
Folders 3-4: Manufacturers:
Marsh, Wilson (Quincy,
[see
photos in
Folder 5: Manufacturers:
Pardee family (
Folder 6: Manufacturers: Rabbit Goody and Thistle
Hill Weavers (reproduction fabrics,
Folder 7: Manufacturers:
Ray, Andrew (
(surname
also spelled Rae)
Folder 8: Manufacturers:
Vogt Company (
Folder 9: Manufacturers:
Walker, Dean (
Folder 10: Manufacturers
in
Folder 11: Manufacturers
in
Folder 1: Martin
Auction, Nov. 2000: coach from
[see
photos in
Folder 2: Miscellaneous
negatives and two samples of coach lace
[see
photos in
Folder 3: Museums
at Stony Brook
(
[see
photos in
Folder 4: Museums
at Stony Brook: “Coach Lace for the Museums at Stony Brook”
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
[see
photos in
Folder 7:
[see
photos in
Folder 8: Powell,
Richard E., Jr., “Coachmaking in
(from
Folder 9:
[see
photos in
Folder 10: Selling
agents [sellers of coach lace]
Folder 11:
[see
photos in
Folder 12: Smithsonian
Institution
[see
photos in
Folder 13: Sowles
Foundation: negatives
[see
photos in
Folder 14: Stratford
Hall (
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Use
of coach lace on horse-drawn vehicles
[see
also
[see
photos in
Folders 3-4: Use
of coach lace on railroad passenger cars
Folder 5: Weaving:
photos
Folder 6: Weaving
and dying coach lace: notes and weaving diagrams
[see
also
Folder 7: “Weaving
Coach Lace,” article by Susan Green translated into German
Folder 8: Weaving
Coach Lace: books on weaving
Folder 1: Weaving
Coach Lace: Britist patent drawings
Folder 2: Weaving
Coach Lace: looms, etc.
Folder 1: Books:
Tymeson, Mildred
McClary. The Lancastrian Towns [of
Benson,
Anna P. Textile Machines. Shire
Album 103. 1983.
Benson, Anna, and
Warburton, Neil. Looms and Weaving. Shire
Album 154. 1995 and 2002 (2 copies, one
from each year)
Folders 2-3: Directories:
coach lace weavers
Folders 4-5: For
list of coach lace weavers (continues in next box)
Folder 1: For
list of coach lace weavers (continued from previous box)
Folders 2-4: Use
of coach lace on horse-drawn vehicles: notes and photocopies
[see
also
Folder 5: Weaving
and dying coach lace: notes and photos
[see
also
Carriage
Monthly,
Sept. 1901(?)
Day, Jack (
Manufacturers: Clinton Company
Martin Auction, Nov. 2000, Lot 130: coach from
Miscellaneous photos
Museums at Stony Brook (
Sowles Foundation
Taylor, George
Unidentified locations
Day, Jack (
Granger
Le Roy Historic Society (N.Y.)
Manufacturers: Horstmann
Manufacturers: Marsh, Wilson
Martin Auction, Nov. 2000, Lot 130: coach from
Museums at Stony Brook (
Smithsonian Institution
Sowles Foundation
Unidentified: found loose
Use of coach lace on horse-drawn vehicles
CD: contents
unidentified, in envelope with return address of Bridgeman Art Library
Disk: Scanned
transparencies about weaving coach lace, in German, by Fritz Wunderlich at the
firm of Rudolf Stief
Oversize folder on shelf:
3 photos of
coach laces