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          A+U Architect vs. Critic
          CJA-AVC-1 · File · 1982-1985
          Part of Charles Jencks Archive
          Contents of a folder labelled 'A+U Architect vs. Critic'. Folder contains 1 box of slides [catalogued separately as CJA-AVC-1-a] and also includes:
          -colour slides of Maggie by the Trompe l'oeil painting by Dorothy Girouard in their Chelsea flat, and colour printed versions of the same images
          -folder for FM Productions California used to hold a large number of photographs including b&w prints and polaroids and colour prints, mostly photographs used to illustrate the A+U article
          -manuscript notes headed 'Architect Versus Critic' with an outline of the article and headings ticked off, including a to-do list at the bottom; written on the reverse of handwritten notes about The Thematic House
          -photocopies of illustrations headed 'Die Lufft' and 'Die Erde', annotated on reverse 'Cesare Ripa, Baroque & Rococo Pictorial Imagery, Dover'
          -cutting from Building Design 10 Aug 1984, review by Sheena Wilson of Godfrey Golzen's 'How Architects Get Work'
          -leaflet from the Architecture Press titled 'Avoid litigation! 3 books to keep you out of trouble'
          -photocopy of the Jencksiana font
          -b&w photograph of the Elemental House
          -sheet of 16 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
          -sheet of 14 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
          -colour and b&w photographs of furniture designed by Charles for the Chelsea flat and 19 Landsdowne Walk [some are loose and some are glued to sheets of plain paper]
          -typescript letter from Officina Alessi enclosing colour slides of the tea and coffee set and giving news of its presentation in New York and Milan, 1983
          -manuscript letter on Patrizia Scarzello Architect headed paper regarding the Alessi collaboration, 1983
          -typescript document on yellow and white lined paper titled 'The Thematic House The Matic How See Design Credits'
          -manuscript to-do list relating to 19 Lansdowne Walk
          -typescript on pink paper headed 'Programme for an Anglo-Chinese Bed' with pencil sketches
          -pencil and coloured pencil drawings of a bed
          -copy letter from Charles to William on UCLA headed paper sending a symbolic programmes and drawings, 1985
          -copy letter from Charles to Caroline and William regarding the design for the bed
          -printed proofs of line drawings
          -pen and ink drawing on tracing paper used as illustration on the RIBA poster
          -poster for a lecture by Charles at RIBA titled 'Post-Modernism - the true inheritor of modernism', 1982 [folded]
          [Exhibition materials]
          CJA-TCH-b-35 · File · nd [1984-1985]
          Part of Charles Jencks Archive

          Photographs and photocopied coloured-in designs mounted on card and captioned for display. Some of the mounts are cut into the shape of Jencksiana, others are pointed; one is rectangular.

          Includes:
          -Hermitage Furniture [photograph]
          -The Aer Pavilion & California Pool [photograph]
          -The Hermitage [photograoh]
          -[unlabelled design - John's Room]
          -Architectural Library [plan]
          -The Foursquare Room [plan]
          Furniture: slides and photos
          CJA-TCH-c-3 · File · [1984-1988]
          Part of Charles Jencks Archive

          File relating to furniture designed by Charles both for the Thematic House and Elemental House, and for commercial licensing.

          For conservation reasons, the file has been split into two folders.

          Folder one includes:
          -slides of Window-Seat-Window, Egyptian Room furniture, Hermitage Chair, the Face Table, Spring and Winter Furniture, screens, the Light House lamps, the sundial arcade, the Bookhouses and the Slidescrapers, and Leon Krier and Rita Wolff sat in the Spring Chair.
          -photocopies of light designs and the Alessi tea and coffee service designed by Charles
          -a letter from Derek McNally regarding the exhibition at Aram
          -transparencies by Richard Bryant.
          -colour slides from Sawaya & Moroni of the furniture
          -b&W photographs of the Sun table & chairs in Summer and a matching stool and chair set.

          Folder 2 includes:
          -cutting from Building Design Interiors Supplement 1985 on the exhibition at Aram with colour reproductions of the furniture [duplicate]
          -b&w negatives, colour polaroids and b&w photographs of furniture
          -colour photographs of Sun Chairs produced commercially
          -private view card for an exhibition at Sawaya & Moroni spa, Milano, opening 8 April 1987 and including work by Charles
          -estimate from Albert E Chapman Ltd Upholsterers to Maggie for making, supply and fitting of blinds and curtains, 1984 and invoice for the supply of 2 hair-stuff circular seats, 1985
          -MODO design magazine Nov 1986 including a discussion between Bruno Zevi and Charles, 'Post-moderno: si chiude?' [Italian language]
          -House & Garden Jul 1987 cover and article titled 'The Riddle of the sphinx' by Nonie Niesewand featuring the Nile collection and Sun chair and table by Charles, available from Aram
          -article from London Portrait 1988 titled 'English Modern Classics' on furniture design
          -correspondence with Aram Designs regarding credit for the manufacture of Charles' furniture, statement of accounts, contracts and publicity
          -invitation to a photographic exhibition at RIBA from Morley von Sternberg
          -manuscript notes of costs
          -typescript 'Symbolic Furniture: invoice for work done Nov 12 1985'
          -typescript letter from Wendy to Charles regarding approximate prices for dining room table and chairs
          -Retail price list for Charles Jencks: Symbolic Furniture
          -typescript list of repairs to 'C. Jencks Furniture' 1985
          -typescript list 'Symbolic Furniture: rough quotes'
          -copy licence between Aram Designs Limited and Eileen Gray Designs
          -typescript notes with manuscript annotations titled 'Meeting Sept 16 Zeev, Andrew, CJ'.
          -manuscript notes regarding light fittings
          -typescript notes with manuscript annotations titled 'Conversation with E.P. Moroni July 18, 1985'.
          -typescript notes with manuscript annotations titled 'Items to discuss with Zeev July 23 1985'
          -typescript notes with manuscript annotations titled 'Symbolic Furniture: items for production'
          -photocopied manuscript estimation of costs for work on Dice Stools, Kitchen Chairs, Kitchen Table and Extension [Sun Table and Chairs], invoice titled 'Exibition Furniture' [sic] and 'Day Work sheet no. 1'
          -letter from Aram Designs listing people who accepted and declined the exhibition invitation
          -letter from Seaboard International regarding the Medite reception, 1985.
          -rough drawings of furniture with measurements
          -telegram correspondence between Charles and Paolo Moroni regarding contracts
          -copy manuscript notes titled 'World Rights' and also listing photographs
          -letter from Dan Woodside and Wendy regarding repairs to the lights
          -statement from Sandell Perkins plc
          -pencil and pen sketch designs titled 'Dome Chair'.
          -postcard from 'Juliet & John' regarding the exhibition
          -Financial Times Oct 28 1985 'The post-modernistic house that Jencks built' [photocopy duplicates]