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Book, Plan of the Proposed Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

This is a Book. It was written by Elizabeth Bisland.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It has been able to spend time at the museum on loan from Cooper Union Library.

It is dated 1896. Its medium is ink on bound paper. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Elizabeth Bisland, a journalist and friend of the Hewitt sisters, wrote a document in 1896 titled Proposed Plan of the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. She emphasized: “It is as an educator of the public standard of taste that this museum hopes to do its best work . . . by collecting beautiful specimens of art applied to industry.”

It is credited The Cooper Union Archives and Special Collections.

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