Collecting Inspiration: a Dutch Woodcarver’s Scrapbook and the Legacy of the Ornament Print in the Nineteenth Century

Femke Speelberg studied Art History at the Radboud University Nijmegen and subsequently researched and catalogued several collections of prints and drawings in the Netherlands. Since 2011 she has been working as assistant curator of Ornament and Architectural Drawings, Prints and Model Books at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where she recently curated the exhibition Living in Style: Five Centuries of Interior Design from the Collection of Drawings and Prints.