Scope and Contents note Series V: Furnishings, 1914-1924 and undated, contains lists of contracts and estimates, as well as letters, telegrams, notes, and invoices pertaining to the furnishing and decoration of One East 70th Street. As the principal decorators for the house, the files of White, Allom & Co. and Elsie de Wolfe comprise the bulk of this series. Their invoices and correspondence document the procurement of carpets, draperies, mantelpieces, furniture, wall coverings, light fixtures, and accessories...

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Electrical fixtures for rooms decorated by Elsie de Wolfe

Scope and Contents note Contains 476 pages of outgoing correspondence from Frick re: the construction and furnishing of One East 70th Street, with alphabetical index of correspondents at the front of the volume. Includes correspondence with his superintendent, D.B. Kinch, architect Thomas Hastings of Carrère & Hastings, Bankers Trust Co., Charles Carstairs of M. Knoedler and Co., Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co., Elsie de Wolfe, Duveen Brothers, and various contractors, dealers, and at least one member...

Scope and Contents note For decoration of the Ladies' Reception Room (now the Boucher Room), and most of the second and third floor rooms, with the exception of the Breakfast Room and Henry Clay Frick's Sitting Room. Includes correspondence from de Wolfe and her staff, as well as invoices for furnishings, draperies, and carpet. Invoices reflect furnishings purchased in England from Sir Sidney Greville, S.J. Phillips, Basil Dighton, Lenygon & Morant, Frank Partridge, Charles, S. E. Letts, A.B. Danielle &...

Scope and Contents note Folder contains preservation photocopies of vouchers documenting the purchase of furniture, silver, rugs and textiles, porcelain and glassware, and other household items. Sources for these goods include E.R. Bacon, Crichton Brothers, Duveen Brothers, Grande Maison de Blanc, Tiffany and Co., Elsie de Wolfe, Jacques Seligmann, Sidney E. Letts, and American Art Association, among others. For corresponding original vouchers, see: ...

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Includes correspondence with Karl F. Overholt, Childs Frick, James Howard Bridge, Josephine Kneisel (employee of Elsie de Wolfe), and W. J. Naughton re: compiling estate inventories after Henry Clay Frick's death.