Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites

Arts, Fine and Decorative: Decorative Arts

Antiques and Collectibles

Index of American Design
From the National Gallery of Art, this site has 18,000 renderings of American Decorative Arts.

Modernism
Online exhibit created by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts investigating modernism in the decorative arts with images organized by school of design.

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
From the University of Wisconsin and the Chipstone Foundation, this site includes digitized versions of classic texts such as The Grammar of Ornament and the Gentleman and Cabinetmaker’s Director. In addition, items from the extensive Chipstone collection can be viewed with accompanying descriptive notes.

Danish Museum of Art and Design’s Furnitureindex.dk
Supported by the Danish Museum of Art and Design, this site includes images and information about Danish furniture made in the past 200 years. Contains searchable information about more than 10,000 pictured pieces of furniture.

The Furniture Society
Official website from a non-profit organization for the promotion of the art of furniture-making, with an emphasis on the studio furniture movement. The site includes a collection of links to educational resources.

The International Guild of Lamp Researchers, Ltd.
The site includes a lamp glossary, terms dictionary, as well as extensive links for lamp research.

Society of American Period Furniture Makers
Website for an organization for the promotion of period furniture craft and appreciation. The site includes an image gallery of pieces created by Society members and information on workshops held around the U.S.