Bostwick Gate Company Collection, 1900-1905

A rare collection of items related to the Bostwick Gate and Shutter Company, this assortment of ephemera includes the patent for Alfred Clark’s Collapsible Gates, his identification card for his entry into the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Internattionale, and a miniature brass sample of the known “Bostwick Gates.” Highly regarded for his ingenious folding gate design, this trade catalogue directly connects Cooper Hewitt’s existing World’s Fair collection with affordable practicality in industrial design. The British Architect Journal, July to December 1889 cites the Bostwick Gate as “one of the very best methods of protecting door and window opening” and promotes this revolutionary design of easily manipulated iron and metalwork.