The people involved with our collection have had a total of 102 production-related roles and this is page 1 of 3

Our cataloguers talk about roles as a way to describe how those responsible for a work were involved in its creation.

A single object may have multiple people, in a variety of different roles, associated with it. Different curatorial departments use descriptive terms in different ways. Over time, this creates tremendous diversity in the vocabulary that appears in collection records. We are currently working to reconcile these differences.

There are 102 production related roles and 20 donor related roles.

  • Designer

    4,755 people had this role and were involved with 30,491 objects.

  • Manufacturer

    2,133 people had this role and were involved with 12,893 objects.

  • Artist

    1,273 people had this role and were involved with 8,346 objects.

  • Maker

    1,052 people had this role and were involved with 3,885 objects.

  • Office of

    46 people had this role and were involved with 3,211 objects.

  • Publisher

    403 people had this role and were involved with 3,045 objects.

  • Client

    644 people had this role and were involved with 2,633 objects.

  • Producer

    350 people had this role and were involved with 2,441 objects.

  • For

    227 people had this role and were involved with 2,207 objects.

  • Architect

    202 people had this role and were involved with 2,103 objects.

  • Engraver

    216 people had this role and were involved with 2,029 objects.

  • Draftsman

    103 people had this role and were involved with 1,001 objects.

  • Company

    173 people had this role and were involved with 729 objects.

  • Printer

    234 people had this role and were involved with 695 objects.

  • Weaver

    66 people had this role and were involved with 668 objects.

  • Collaborator

    152 people had this role and were involved with 665 objects.

  • After

    233 people had this role and were involved with 661 objects.

  • Author

    354 people had this role and were involved with 611 objects.

  • Distributor

    115 people had this role and were involved with 607 objects.

  • Design Director

    55 people had this role and were involved with 527 objects.

  • Firm

    82 people had this role and were involved with 503 objects.

  • Embroiderer

    421 people had this role and were involved with 467 objects.

  • Attributed to

    223 people had this role and were involved with 377 objects.

  • Photographer

    123 people had this role and were involved with 246 objects.

  • Etcher

    36 people had this role and were involved with 233 objects.

  • Graphic Designer

    38 people had this role and were involved with 208 objects.

  • Print Maker

    59 people had this role and were involved with 149 objects.

  • Possibly

    80 people had this role and were involved with 147 objects.

  • Design Team member

    65 people had this role and were involved with 124 objects.

  • Director of Production

    16 people had this role and were involved with 112 objects.

  • Student at

    22 people had this role and were involved with 111 objects.

  • Illustrator

    84 people had this role and were involved with 107 objects.

  • Composer

    49 people had this role and were involved with 106 objects.

  • Retailer

    37 people had this role and were involved with 106 objects.

  • Art Director

    47 people had this role and were involved with 102 objects.