De Forest, Emily Johnston, 1851-1942

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role

Collector

dates

1851-1942

city

Cold Spring Harbor

state

NY

other cities

New York, NY;

sex

F

historical notes

Among decorative arts Emily Johnston de Forest collected Mexican maiolica, Pennsylvania Dutch art and furniture.

She was the daughter of Frances Colles Johnston and John Taylor Johnston (1820-1893), a railroad executive who collected not only French academic painting but patronized living American artists. His holdings included works by Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand, John Frederick Kensett, and Winslow Homer.

Emily de Forest's correspondence and other papers regarding her folk pottery are in the Metropolitan Museum archives and those of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

decades
of activity

1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900

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03/22/2024 12:09:30

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	American Wing clippings : scrapbook, 1924-1925 (bulk 1924)	see details...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing].	see details...