LaCoste, Janet Shook, b. 1912 d. 1983
Designer, Fiber artistSan Antonio, Tex. (Show Bio)
Janet Shook LaCoste papers, 1948-1976
2.1 linear ft. (microfilmed on 6 reels)
21 rolled docs.
Reel(s): 1656-1661
Correspondence; photographs; sketches; notes; announcements; clippings; and printed material.
REELS 1656-1657: Clippings, invitations, announcements, and notes about the Shook-Carrington Gallery; a letter, clippings, and printed material about the San Antonio Art League; correspondence and clippings about Shook as an artist; photos of completed needlepoint; hand-painted sketches of needlepoint designs; and correspondence, 1963-1973, primarily with Lady Bird Johnson, about commissioned Texas wildflower needlepoint chair sets.
REELS 1658-1661: Papers relating to LaCoste's needlepoint design business, 1960-1976, including: an extensive inventory of her designs and tracings of her patterns; sales correspondence; price slips; instruction sheets for the execution of her designs; and clippings.
Location of Originals: Reels 1656-1657: Originals returned to Janet Shook LaCoste after microfilming.
Material on reels 1656-1657 lent for microfilming 1979 by Janet Shook LaCoste; material on reels 1658-1661 donated 1979 by LaCoste.
Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.
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