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Archives related to: Liberti, Enrico, 1894-1979
| title | Enrico Liberti papers, 1932-ca.1980 |
| repository | The Winterthur Library |
| description | Enrico Liberti’s papers include templates used for making furniture, scattered financial records, a few photographs, some correspondence with clients, and a few other items from his business. The furniture templates include patterns for the chairs Liberti made for the Maryland State House and for the White House, a chair for the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and for a Queen Anne style lowboy, as well as other templates. The financial records, listing expenses and income, are from the 1930s and 1970s. Customer correspondence includes orders and notes of appreciation for work done. A very few rough sketches of furniture are included in the collection, as is a trade card of Henry S. Shryock, a 19th century Baltimore cabinetmaker. Biography or history Enrico Liberti was born in Italy in 1894 and emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a cabinetmaker, furniture restorer, and antiques dealer, and was especially well known for the quality of his reproductions of historic pieces. He made chairs for the Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House in 1939, copying the originals made by John Shaw, and chairs for the White House in the 1960s. His antique store was known as Chimney Corner Antique Shop, located in an old building at 532 St. Paul Street. He retired in 1977. Location The Winterthur Library, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur, DE 19735 Call Number Col. 813 |
| extent | 7 boxes : ill. |
| formats | Financial Records Photographs Ephemera Correspondence |
| access | Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply. |
| record link | http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0813.htm |
| bibliography | Phillips, Rebecca, "Almost History: American Colonial Revival Furniture and the Career of Enrico Liberti," thesis, University of Delaware, 2007. |
| record source | http://library.winterthur.org:8000/cgi-bin/webgw |
| finding aid | Finding aid is available at this repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview, 1973. |
| repository | Maryland Historical Society, Library |
| description | Baltimore cabinetmaker, 1920-77, and proprietor of the Chimney Corner Antique Shop. His early life; work during World War 1; important pieces of his cabinet work. Interviewer: Francis Colletta 1973, 1 p., 1 hour OH. 8185 ENRICO LIBERTI (1894-1979) |
| extent | 1 p., 1 hour |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Please request Oral Histories at least one day in advance to insure that they are available. |
| record source | http://m60006.eos-intl.net/M60006/OPAC/Index.aspx |
| acquisition information | Interview done for Appian Society oral history programs. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:47 |
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