Daniel Lashen student work
1947-1950
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Organization and Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
- Series I. General
- Series II. First year
- Series III. Second year
- Series IV. Third year
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Guide to the Daniel Lashen student work, 1947-1950
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Lashen, Daniel
- Title
- Daniel Lashen student work, 1947-1950
- Extent
- 1.8 linear ft: 2 oversize boxes
Biographical note
Daniel Lashen attended Parsons School of Design (now, Parsons The New School for Design) from 1947 to 1950. He received a certificate in Interior Design in 1950. He went on to study at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, which awarded him a B.A. in 1954.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists entirely of renderings made by Daniel Lashen while he was a student in the Interior Design Department at Parsons between 1947 and 1950. The renderings from Lashen's third year include sketchbooks from his time studying in Italy and Paris.
Organization and Arrangement
Organized in 4 series:
Administrative Information
Collection guide written by Will Edmiston, 2010.
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives October 5, 2010
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by Daniel Lashen, 2001.
External Support
The processing of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Related Materials
Researchers may wish to consult the Kellen Design Archive’s additional holdings of student work from the Interior Design Department to gain perspective on interior design education.
The Kellen Design Archives holds the student work of Sunbeam Randall (KA.0062), a student in the Interior Design department who traveled to Europe with Lashen's class. A travel scrapbook in the Randall collection features a photograph of Randall and Lashen sitting together. Additionally, the papers of Stanley Barrows (KA.0002), one of Lashen's instructors and the leader of his European tour, are held by the Kellen Design Archives.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- Parsons School of Design. Interior Design Dept.
Genre(s)
- Renderings.
- Sketches.
- Student projects.
Subject(s)
- Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Interior decoration -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
Collection Inventory
| Series I. General between 1947 and 1950 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Furniture | k_9 | 1 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Interiors | k_9 | 2 | ||
| k_OSx-2 | 3 | |||
| k_OSxx-3 | 3 | |||
| Series II. First year 1947-1948 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| First year | k_9 | 3 | ||
| k_OSx-2 | 4 | |||
| k_OSxx-3 | 4 | |||
| Series III. Second year 1948-1949 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Second year | k_OSx-2 | 5 | ||
| k_OSxx-3 | 5 | |||
| Series IV. Third year 1949-1950 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Italy | k_1 | 10-11 | ||
| k_OSx-2 | 6 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Paris | k_1 | 12-14 | ||
| k_OSx-2 | 6 | |||