Adda Husted Andersen

Adda "Andy" Thyra Elise Louise Husted-Andersen (August 5, 1898 – September 13, 1990) was a Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator. She was a co-founder and the president of the New York Society of Craftsmen (later called Artist-Craftsmen of New York) from 1941 to 1944. She was a master of working with enamel, silver and gold. She was active in New York City and Copenhagen.

Biography Adda Husted-Andersen was born on August 5, 1898, in Trustrup, Lyngby, Denmark. In Copenhagen she worked with A. Dragsted.

Husted-Andersen arrived in New York City in 1930, and worked with Georg Jensen enameling homewares. She had a jewelry studio on First Street in New York City for many years, which she opened in 1944. Husted-Andersen's students included Glenda Arentzen, Walter Rhodes (1896–1968), Ann Orr Morris, Pearl Schecter (1903–1976), Frances Higgins (née Stewart, 1912–2004), and others.

In 1975, she became a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC). Her work is included in the public museum collections at The Newark Museum of Art, Archives of American Art, among others.