decorative art (art genre)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: enre including works that are primarily utilitarian in form or function, but that have aesthetic value provided by the design, decoration, or embellishment. They may include ceramics, furniture, textiles, glass, leather, metalwork, arms and armor, clocks, and jewelry, and other household or utilitarian objects. They are distinct from "fine arts," which were traditionally considered to require more extensive training and were restricted to the media of painting, sculpture, drawing, and architecture.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Merci Train, February 23-April 3, 1949
Sub-Series
Abstract
An exhibition of items given to the State of California as a part of the Merci Train, a train of 49 French railroad boxcars filled with tens of thousands of gifts of gratitude by individual French citizens in acknowledgement of the Friendship Train, an effort that delivered more than 700 American boxcars of relief goods to France in the aftermath of World War II. The boxcar itself was also displayed in front of the Legion of Honor.
Dates:
February 23-April 3, 1949