Chipstone Collections
The Chipstone Foundation was created in 1965 in part to preserve and interpret the decorative arts collections of Stanley and Polly Stone of Fox Point, Wisconsin. Over 100 works of Early American furniture and more than 270 ceramic objects and 135 prints dating from the 17th to early 19th century, belonging to the Chipstone Foundation, are now represented in a searchable database produced at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, General Library System with Chipstone support. More than 1,250 images (full views and selected details) have been digitized, based primarily on original photography shot for the Chipstone Foundation by Gavin Ashworth, a professional photographer who works out of New York City. Virtual exhibits containing some of the Chipstone Collections are also available on their website at www.chipstone.org.
The Chipstone image collection is in the process of being updated. Chipstone ceramics entries are being expanded to contain full catalogue information written by Leslie B. Grigsby, Curator of Ceramics and Glass at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Eventually, all the images, both ceramics and furniture, will contain thorough catalogue information written by experts in the field.
Longridge Collection
The Longridge Ceramics Collection has been called "the finest private collection of British delft and slipware in the world." This collection of over 500 objects is included in the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts image collection wiith illustrations and concise descriptive information. More than 800 images of the 17th and 18th century ceramics are provided. In addition, each object record provides a link to the appropriate entry within our online facsimile of the Longridge Collection printed catalogue.
The collection is extensively documented in "The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware," a beautiful and informative 2-volume catalogue written by Leslie B. Grigsby, with contributions by Michael Archer, Margaret Macfarlane, and Jonathan Horne (London: Jonathan Horne Publications, copyright 2000). The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts text collection provides online the complete content of that published catalogue, including timelines, introductory essays, bibliography, and full scholarly documentation on the ceramic pieces. You may consult it in its entirety at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.Longridge
Hint: The "Chipstone Accession No." or "Longridge No." link in the Is Part Of field may be used to retrieve all images associated with that object.