Rachel Delphia

Rachel Delphia is the Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at Carnegie Museum of Art, and an industrial design alumna of Carnegie Mellon University. She has authored articles on design and decorative arts for the Magazine Antiques and Modern.

Decorative Arts and Design

Line drawings of several designs for doorknobs and keyholes fill the page of an early twentieth-century manufacturing catalogue.

Doorknobs and Disinfectants

Rachel Delphia explores the history of doorknobs and its intersection with the rise of household disinfectants.

By Rachel Delphia May 09, 2020

Decorative Arts and Design

Black and white photograph of workers on a large metal structure.

The Unknown Story Behind New York’s Iconic Unisphere

Commissioned by US Steel and designed by Peter Muller-Munk Associates, the Unisphere became a contentious symbol of the 1964 World's Fair.

By Rachel Delphia Nov 18, 2015

Decorative Arts and Design

Steve Russ Presepio

Behind the Scenes of the Neapolitan Presepio

Every year in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Carnegie Museum of Art staff installs the museum’s remarkable Neapolitan presepio.

By Rachel Delphia Dec 11, 2012